campaign finance laws have existed for more than a century.
Today, all individual contributors or aggregate contributors in excess of $200 have to be disclosed.
the Tillman Act prohibited contributions by corporations to political parties for the first time.
most recently in 2002 Congress passed the bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.
requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage without which democracy is doomed.
This is a serious problem, as a large number of our people live with 10 or 12 persons in a home that was sized to accomm...
While nationwide it is viewed as a crisis when unemployment nears 9 or 10 percent, at Standing Rock we have long-term un...
I would like to thank Senator Tim Johnson for his leadership in bringing this hearing to South Dakota.
Poverty on our reservation remains widespread, with 4 in every 10 homes on the reservation earning less than 30 percent ...
I am counting on them to lead the charge to create more jobs and grow our economy.
More than 116 percent--that is an incredible number, an untenable, obviously, situation.