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liberalsarecool:

Democratic Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Michael Bennet of Colorado introduced a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

The decision gave corporations and unions the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections, so long as their actions are not coordinated with a candidate’s campaign.

Another step in the sensible direction.

YES!

I ALMOST FORGOT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CHEER FOR A DEMOCRAT.

I hope this can garner some momentum, because without overwhelming popular support there is no way it will get through Congress or many state legislatures whose members are all happy to wallow in corporate campaign cash.  Though I can see Democrats getting behind this amendment quickly if current projections of private money that will enter campaign coffers on the behalf of Republicans turn out to be true.