On the recordAugust 29, 2022
Well, they got blown up by Citizens United. And weirdly, the court in Citizens United said that this was all going to be transparent, so we`d actually know who was going to be spending it.
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Senator Whitehouse discusses the impact of the Citizens United decision on campaign finance and transparency.
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