That means passing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
What is making a case for progress about? That is what unites us, which is campaign finance reform. primaryĮthics reform languishes due to Senate Republicans We can't have a government that continues to work better and better for a smaller and smaller group at the top and doesn't work for the rest of us.Ĭlick for Elizabeth Warren on other issues. If we want to have a government that just works for millionaires and billionaires, we should continue a financing system that is largely driven by millionaires and billionaires and PAC money. Source: CNN State of the Union: 2020 Democratic Presidential PrimaryĬurrent election financing system favors rich You want to do it today? Let's do it today.Ĭlick for Bernie Sanders on other issues. My message for all of the candidates, let's end all of that stuff right now. They legally can do what they want to do, because you have a corrupt political system. SANDERS: I do not believe that any group, Our Revolution or anybody else, should be raising money from wealthy people. Q: Your PAC "Our Revolution" can accept unlimited money & is not required to disclose its top donors.
Independent of Our Revolution, group Sanders launched Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck on 11th Democratic 2020 primary debate And I support match donations up to $100. a bill that limits the amount that an individual can contribute $3,000. If you limit theĪmount that can be spent, you run the risk of the tyranny of the incumbent a challenger. If the only way you can raise any money to run for public office is to go to vested interest groups, then you prostitute the ideas you have about government. System does produce corruption I think implicit in the system is corruption. You don't take campaign contributions from them.īiden: You want to do that? Do what I proposed over 30 years ago:įACT-CHECK: Did Biden propose campaign finance reform long ago? Yes, he proposed donation limits when there were no limits, in 1974, with federal matching funds:īiden on 1974 WGBH "Open Vault" (PBS interview): "The Source: on ECU/LAV 2022 endorsementsģ0 years ago, I proposed campaign finance reformīernie Sanders: If you want to make real changes in this country, you need to take on the drug companies, and the fossil fuel industry. In 2020, End Citizens United merged with Let America Vote, which was founded by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.Īll five of the Democratic senators the group is endorsing have signed on as co-sponsors to S 1, a sweeping proposal that would overhaul campaign finance rules, redistricting, voting practices, and lobbying and ethics regulations.Ĭlick for Michael Bennet on other issues. "During their time in the Senate, these five reformers have become leaders in theīattle against Big Money in politics and protecting our constitutional right to vote," ECU/LAV said in a statement. Mark Kelly ofĪZ, Maggie Hassan of NH, and Catherine Cortez Masto of NV, Raphael Warnock of GA and Michael Bennet of CO, according to an announcement shared first with CQ Roll Call. The group, known as End Citizens United and Let America Vote, is endorsing Sens. Endorsed as "leader in battle against Big Money in politics"Ī group calling for an overhaul of the campaign finance system has announced its first Senate endorsements for 2022, backing five Democratic incumbents.
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