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Mary Landrieu: “May I expand on the Citizens United? The Senator from Rhode Island and Senator McCain wrote a brief to the Supreme Court…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
May I expand on the Citizens United? The Senator from Rhode Island and Senator McCain wrote a brief to the Supreme Court suggesting the detrimental impact of the decision the five Justices have made. Did they, in that decision--how did they treat corporations? Do they treat corporations as people? Is that what they did, on equal footing with Citizens United, or was it more of just there should not be limits on contributions? Did they say that corporations are like people and should be allowed to contribute unlimited amounts?
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana
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Jul 16, 2012

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