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Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling

Author:     Benjamin Oreskes
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     07/16/16 01:28 PM EDT
 Link: Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling
Stephan:   I am not a Hillary Clinton fan, I was a Bernie Sanders delegate from Washington, and I profoundly dislike dynasty politics. But ours is a binary system and either Clinton or Trump is going to be the next President. Voting for third party candidates is essentially a vote for Trump, and I wish social progressives could get that through their heads. However, that said, Hillary Clinton has surprised me, and this story describes what I think is the best news I have heard in this entire election cycle. I think it should also be noted that this is happening because of Sanders.    
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

ST. LOUIS – Hillary Clinton committed Saturday to introducing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision within her first 30 days in office, if she’s elected president.

The announcement will come in a video during the closing keynote of the progressive Netroots Nation conference this afternoon, and it’s yet another attempt to adopt the positions of her vanquished primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders.

 “The amendment would allow Americans to establish common sense rules to protect against the undue influence of billionaires and special interests and to restore the role of average voters in elections,” a Clinton spokesman said in statement.

Last fall as the primary season ramped up and Sanders gained momentum, Clinton called for the 2010 Citizens United v FEC decision, which spawned the creation of super PACS, to be overturned. She also said she wanted more stringent political spending disclosure rules, and a new public matching regime so that presidential and congressional campaigns could more easily solicit small donations.

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