By a vote of 79-18, Senate voted to advance a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United.
The amendment read,
Section 1. To advance democratic self-government and political equality, and to protect the integrity of government and the electoral process, Congress and the States may regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.Section 2. Congress and the States shall have power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation, and may distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, including by prohibiting such entities from spending money to influence elections.Section 3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress or the States the power to abridge the freedom of the press.’
Before the Senate vote, Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-VT) said, “The major issue of our time is whether the United
States of America retains its democratic foundation or whether we
devolve into an oligarchic form of society where a handful of
billionaires are able to control our political process by spending
hundreds of millions of dollars to elect candidates who represent their
interests.”
The vote was an election year ruse. Senate repugicans have no intention of letting this bill pass. The repugicans
have no intention of ever letting a constitutional amendment be
ratified. What this vote today proves is the power of the issue.
Senate repugicans don’t want to be publicly linked
to the Koch brothers before an election. The Kochs are toxic, and repugicans are trying to trick voters into ignoring the right-wing
billionaire dollars that are trying to buy the government.
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