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Citizens United

Over 120 Groups Call on Congress to Back Constitutional Amendment Overturning Citizens United

Danielle Greene and Jennifer Vassil attend a rally

'Distressing': Report Details How Trade Organizations Plow Billions in Unaccountable Cash to Lobby Lawmakers

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Trade organizations are using nonprofit tax rules to wriggle out of disclosing spending, according to a new report.

"People forget about them because they've just been there [collecting] large sums of money for a very long time."

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Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to 'Wipe Clean the Dark Stain' of Citizens United

Julia Conley, staff writer

"To restore our one-person-one-vote democracy, we must pass a constitutional...

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'In Everyone's Best Interests': New Hampshire 20th State to Call for Constitutional Amendment Limiting Political Spending

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

More and more states are agreeing: political spending is a problem.

"For years, Granite Staters have been working together across party lines,...

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As Support for Extinction Rebellion Soars, Group Says London Occupations Will End But 'International Rebellion' Will Continue

'McConnell Is Afraid of Democracy': Progressives Push Senate Majority Leader to Stop Blocking Vote on HR1

'North Star for Democracy Reform': 70+ Public Advocacy Groups Demand Passage of HR 1

Dark money

FEC Called On to Close Dark Money Loophole Poisoning Democracy

In Step Toward Ending Dark-Money Elections, Court to Review Case That Created Super PACs

Here's the 3-Part Rapid Response Plan to Defeat Trump's "Full-Fledged Attack on Democracy"

Promising to Take on 'Rigged System That Props Up the Rich and Powerful,' Elizabeth Warren Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign

sign with photo of Trump reads 'the most dangerous in the world'

With Trump Seen as 'Symptom Not a Cause,' US Rank Plummets on Global Corruption Index

Attendees hold signs as they listen to speakers during a rally calling for an end to corporate money in politics and to mark the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, at Lafayette Square near the White House, January 21, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Nine Years After Citizens United, Calls to Overturn 'Horrendous' Decision and Pass Pro-Democracy HR1

In Bid to 'Get Big Money Out of Politics,' House Lawmakers Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

Corporate PACs Cling to Relevance Amid Rise of Progressives Refusing Big Business Donations

Targeting Vulnerable Refugees, Trump's Racist Fearmongering Make His Billionaire Backers Richer by the Day

Further

"When You Give to Them, They Do Whatever the Hell You Want”

A few journalists actually doing their job have given us a chilling portrait of a post-Citizens-United American democracy where elections and power are won more by corporate cash than political leadership. A Guardian look at sealed documents in the investigation of Scott Walker campaign finance violations, and a Newsweek analysis of murky Trump connections around the world, reveal the pay-to-play democracy - and then some - that Bernie and many more warn us about.

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Public Citizen

Congress Must Stop Big Business, Wealthy Donors From Influencing Our Elections

Free Speech for People

Proposed Local Law Would Abolish Super PACs and Ban Spending by Foreign-Influenced Corporations in Seattle Elections

Patriotic Millionaires

'Democracy for All' Constitutional Amendment Would "Wipe Clean the Dark Stain Citizens United Has Left on Our Democracy"...

Common Cause

Supreme Court Ducks Responsibility to End Gerrymandering

Public Citizen

New Hampshire Poised to Become the 20th State to Support a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

Move to Amend

Move to Amend to Target Congressional Offices Next Tuesday

Views

Kenneth Peres

Legalized Political Corruption Is So Much Bigger Than Trump: A Journey in 7 Charts

Thom Hartmann

The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn't Felicity Huffman's $15,000

John Atcheson

The Plutocratic War on People: Centrists and Conservatives are Ignoring the Giant Elephant in Our National Living Room

Tom Engelhardt

Planet of the Surreal: Turning 75 in the Age of Trump

John Atcheson

Trump's a Racist—But We Knew That. Now What?

Thom Hartmann

How a Trojan Horse Project to Rewrite Our Constitution Could Actually Happen if Trump Wins in 2020

Thomas Neuburger

Four Ways to Expand the U.S. Supreme Court

John Atcheson

Law and Disorder: Why Corporatism Will Dominate US Policy for Decades to Come

Thom Hartmann

This Is How Republics Die

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Don’t Rebrand Corruption