Teddy Roosevelt proposed the first campaign finance reforms, limiting the role of corporations in the political process.
They want a Government 'of the people, by the people and for the people,' as Abraham Lincoln famously put it in the Gett...
Our Constitution begins with the words, 'We, the People of the United States.'
The reason the judge has an obligation to recuse is because of how much money the corporation is spending in the electio...
I think they are going to be entirely circumspect about that sort of activity.
Why shouldn't they be able to band together as a corporation, as a sole proprietorship, as a partnership, any other form...
I believe the Citizens United decision turns the idea of Government of, by, and for the people on its head.
When the Citizens United decision was handed down, I said that it was the most partisan decision since Bush v. Gore.
It is going to destroy agriculture in some part of this country--I mean, we are going to see our apple orchards disappea...
I am glad to see in the budget request that you put us on track to fully fund the LWCF by 2014.
I would urge accelerating whatever you are doing because it is basically an epidemic.