Once you let certain political interests achieve the kind of dominance that Citizens United has let them get, they can start to exert disproportionate control over Congress.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “Once you let certain political interests achieve the kind of dominance that Citizens United has let them get, they can…”
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Whitehouse warns about the influence of political interests post-Citizens United.
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