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Brad Sherman: “We have been told that there is a constitutional right of corporate CEOs to use other people's money, in this case the…”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
We have been told that there is a constitutional right of corporate CEOs to use other people's money, in this case the shareholders, on political communications or propaganda without even disclosing what they are doing.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Brad Sherman critiques the notion that corporate CEOs have rights to use shareholder funds for political purposes without disclosure.

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