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Air date:
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:00am
US Citizens United Anniversary
It’s the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
To mark the occasion, Public Citizen held a press conference with members of the Senate banking committee.
They called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to curb outside spending on elections.
Since Citizens United, the cash spent by Super PACs has grown from just under twenty million in 2008, to over a hundred and fifty million for the current election cycle thus far.
That’s according to data gathered from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Akeeny Freechild directs Democracy is For People. she spoke with KBOO reporter Robin Ryan about the strategy to tap the SEC as a potential remedy to the problem of money in politics.
To mark the occasion, Public Citizen held a press conference with members of the Senate banking committee.
They called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to curb outside spending on elections.
Since Citizens United, the cash spent by Super PACs has grown from just under twenty million in 2008, to over a hundred and fifty million for the current election cycle thus far.
That’s according to data gathered from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Akeeny Freechild directs Democracy is For People. she spoke with KBOO reporter Robin Ryan about the strategy to tap the SEC as a potential remedy to the problem of money in politics.
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