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Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) | Jan 21, 2010 | The Washington M... - 0 views

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    The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
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Fix Congress First! || Fair Elections Now - 0 views

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    Campaign finance reform portal...
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A Centuries-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections - 0 views

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    Thomas Jefferson declared his hope to "crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) | U.S. Supreme Court | Cornell Law... - 0 views

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    Cornell Law School offers Syllabus, Opinion (Kennedy), Concurrence (Roberts, Scalia), CD-in-Part (Stevens, Thomas), in addition to primary ruling.
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The DISCLOSE Act: Schumer Bill to Lift the Veil of Secrecy from Unlimited Corporate Pol... - 0 views

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    Legislative Battle Begins t
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U.S. PIRG // Standing Up to Powerful Interests - 0 views

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Health industry gets what it pays for in contributions to Blue Dogs - 0 views

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    Healthcare Industry Gets Great Value from its Contributions to Blue Dogs (Centrist Democratic Senators)
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BrownMan | Daily Kos Dairy | Lobbyists + Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - 0 views

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    More than $13 BILLION dollars were spent by lobbyists on Congress between 2004 and 2008. ... Only $55 MILLION dollars were collected by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and CBC related charities between 2004 and 2008.
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SEC proposal would disclose political donations by public corporations | WaPo - 0 views

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    SEC proposal would disclose political donations by public corporations - The Washington Post http://t.co/38N8bKe via @washingtonpost
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Oligarchic Senate Still 'Treasonous' After All These Years - 0 views

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    "Treason is a strong word, but not too strong, rather too weak, to characterize the situation in which the Senate is the eager, resourceful, indefatigable agent of interests as hostile to the American people as any invading army could be."
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