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Bernie Sanders Citizens United: Four years ago today the Supreme Court gutted campaign finance laws and lifted limits on corporate campaign cash. On Jan. 21, 2010, Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted that the ruling would “give control of the political process in the United States to the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the world and the candidates who support their agenda. Instead of democracy being about one-person one-vote, it will now be about the size of a company’s bank account.” The 5-to-4 decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission led to rulings that let wealthy individuals like the billionaires Charles and David Koch pour unlimited and unregulated sums into campaign coffers. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/citizens-united-01-21-2014
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:54:07 +0000

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