The Senate Judiciary Committee Backed an Amendment to Overturn ‘Citizens United’

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/180605/senate-judiciary-committee-just-backed-amendment-overturn-citizens-united#

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On Thursday, the US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 to endorse an amendment that would undo the damage done to democracy by a series of high court decisions—and to restore reasonable limits on financial contributions and expenditures intended to influence elections.

Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy, a former prosecutor and the senior member of the Senate, framed the vote with a declaration that, "I have served in the Senate for nearly 40 years and as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee for nearly ten. I have always believed that amending our Constitution must be subject to the highest measure of scrutiny. It is something that should only be done as a last resort. But when the voices of hardworking Americans continue to be drowned out by the moneyed few, and when legislative efforts to right this wrong are repeatedly filibustered by Republicans, more serious action must be taken."

Leahy's position was echoed by committee Democrats who joined him in backing an amendment that declares:

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.

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A Senate committee just approved a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/10/5887645/senate-committee-approves-constitutional-amendment-on-campaign-finance