Posted by
Defend America on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:04:39 PM
Democrats consider constitutional amendment to combat Supreme Court decision on campaign finance
Democrats
in Congress want to amend the U.S. Constitution to say free speech does
not extend to corporations in response to the Supreme Court’s decision
allowing freer corporate spending in political campaigns.
On Tuesday, Rep. John Conyers, Michigan Democrat and chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Donna F. Edwards, Maryland Democrat,
introduced an amendment to combat “the flawed ruling by the Supreme
Court allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on
elections.”
The amendment will undo the Supreme Court decision and allow the
government to regulate the expenditure of funds by corporations for
political speech, according to a release.
“It is time we remove corporate influence from our policies and our
politics. We cannot allow corporations to dominate our elections, to do
so would be both undemocratic and unfair to ordinary citizens,” Edwards
said.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/03/democrats-consider-constitutional-amendment-to-combat-supreme-court-decision-on-campaign-finance/