Citizens United Decision Profoundly Affects Political Landscape

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/05-6

Unprecedented political spending. Secret donors. New ways for unions and corporations to spend money on politics.

An analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics reveals that the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling of January 2010 has profoundly affected the nation's political landscape.

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Corporations and unions both benefited from the ruling, being able to use their general treasuries to pay for independent expenditures for the first time.

Unions spent more than $17.3 million from their general treasuries on independent expenditures opposing Republican candidates such as Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and James Renacci (R-Ohio). The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees spent more than $7 million out of their general treasury, the most of any other union.

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[Vinnie From Indy]

1. not to mention foreign money flooding into the COC

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[madrchsod]

3. not a lot of people realize that the unions benefited from that ruling.

so now they understand why the kock brothers and union busters in our government are after the unions. the right wing does`t have the organizational skills and the ability to get out the boots on the ground.

the national party will rely on the unions next year and the unions will ask--what have you done for us lately?

from what i can see the national party has done jack shit for the working class and the working class unions. just ask any teacher`s union in the usa what they think of duncan/obama`s new best friends.

by the way where is that card check? oh ya, they must`t ruffle the feathers of their new best friends.