Keith Ellison Says Get Corporate Crime Money Out of Politics
Published on Sunday, January 25, 2015
by Corporate Crime Reporter
Keith Ellison Says Get Corporate Crime Money Out of Politics
by Russell Mokhiber
Some citizen activists want to get money out of politics.
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) wants to take a baby step — get corporate crime money out of politics.
Ellison has introduced legislation — the Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act — that would limit campaign expenditures by corporations that break the law.
“Five years ago today, the Supreme Court decided corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections,” Ellison said. “Some of the resulting $700 million raised by SuperPACs in 2014 came from companies that conspired to defraud the federal government or committed other felonies involving dishonesty or a breach of trust. Until we restore the power to people and reverse the decision in Citizens United, companies that break the law shouldn’t be allowed to flood our democracy with dirty money.”
And what exactly is a corporate criminal?
According to the legislation, it’s any corporation that has been convicted of violating Title 18 — relating to conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States — or convicted of a federal felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust.
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