Blog entries tagged with "corporate campaign spending"

AFTERTHOUGHTS: THE 2010 ELECTION & THE REPUBLICAN “SHELLACKING”

The dust has finally settled on what was a competitive, fierce, and damaging (for Democrats) election. Defeated politicians are reveling in defeat, and President Obama has recognized that the American people want and demand change. All over the country, the Republican Party picked up seats in state legislatures, governorships, and ...

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CITIZENS UNITED: ITS REAL IMPACT

In early 2010, the Citizens United case decided that corporations were allowed to exercise their First Amendment right to use their funds to broadcast “electioneering communications” naming federal candidates within thirty days of a primary election and sixty days of a general election. While doing background research on the topic ...

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