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BTL:State-by-State Campaign Working for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Decision

by Between The Lines | 02.02.2012

Interview with Bob Edgar, former six-term congressional representative, president and CEO of Common Cause, conducted by Scott Harris

PhillyIMC Staff adds that Bob Edgar was "Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974 to represent the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia..."

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January 20 marked the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, where the justices ruled that corporations and unions may give unlimited and anonymous donations to elect or defeat political candidates. In their decision, the high court declared that corporations have the same rights as living persons.  Story continues...
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