Senators Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress: "One of the overarching themes of the 99
Percent Movement is that our democracy is too corrupted by corporate
special interests. This corruption was worsened last year by the Supreme
Court's Citizens United decision, which allowed for huge new
unregulated flows of corporate political spending. Yesterday, six
Democratic senators - Tom Udall (NM), Michael Bennett (CO), Tom Harkin
(IA), Dick Durbin (IL), Chuck Schumer (NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and
Jeff Merkeley (OR) - introduced a constitutional amendment that would
effectively overturn the Citizens United case and restore the ability of
Congress to properly regulate the campaign finance system."
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