Blumenauer: Supreme Court Decision Places Corporate Interests Above Public Interest |
Friday, 22 January 2010 07:15 |
Washington, D.C – Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the ban on corporate contributions to election campaigns. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for President and Congress. “Congress should jump into action. While we work on the lengthy process of a constitutional amendment, to make clear that corporations are not individuals and don’t have free speech rights, we should at a minimum require that no corporate money can be used on political campaigns without a vote of the shareholders and approval of the board of directors.
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