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Sens. McCain and Feingold on Citizens United v. FEC

October 27, 2009 by Rick Claypool

Things have been quiet on the Don’t Get Rolled front. We’re still waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision, and there’s still good reason to fear that the court could overturn a century of campaign finance law, allowing unlimited corporate spending to influence elections. Sound like a bad idea to you? You can pledge to protest if the court decides to open the floodates to corporate money in politics.

Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), primary sponsors of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act in 2002, eloquently defend the campaign finance laws that the court is threatening in the YouTube videos below.

Sen. McCain:

Sen. Feingold:

Lean more about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

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Posted in Activism, Campaign Finance, Congress | Tagged Don't Get Rolled, government reform, money in politics, scotus | 1 Comment

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  1. on November 13, 2009 at 6:38 pm olivia watt

    If you even weakly support the democratic process you will not increase the corporations’ power to buy our political decisions. Their power over Congress is already a national disgrace.
    We must go the other way, eliminated corporate “personhood” and get all that blackmailing money out of our political processes.



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