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On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
We are going to try again this week to take action to help stem the tide of corporate influence that was unleashed when, earlier this year, five unelected Supreme Court Justices overturned 100 years of precedent in the Citizens United decision. When we last tried to correct this prior to the August recess. We brought up the DISCLOSE Act. Republicans filibustered the bill. It never allowed the Senate to even debate the legislation. Many of us argued that without even going to the legislation, we faced real problems, and those have been borne out. We have seen massive corporate spending, drowning out the voices of hard-working Americans.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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govinfo.gov
Sep 22, 2010

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Leahy addresses the need to counter corporate influence in politics following the Citizens United decision.

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