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Sat Sep 16, 2017, 03:15 PM Sep 2017

Bill allowing unlimited political spending by corporations, unions passes state Senate

It’s been seven years since the U.S. Supreme Court said corporations and labor unions can spend as much money as they want on political campaigns.

The court left it up to states to decide whether it institute their own limits. And today the Michigan Senate officially said, “No thanks.”

It passed legislation that would basically codify what the court said in its controversial Citizens United opinion.

State Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says campaign donations are a way to exercise free speech.

Read more: http://michiganradio.org/post/bill-allowing-unlimited-political-spending-corporations-unions-passes-state-senate

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