Bernie Sanders said that Democrats must make it a priority to tackle Citizens United, which allows billionaires and corporations to pour unlimited amounts of money into politics and essentially buy elections.
in an analysis of House elections last week that, of the races called as of Thursday, 96 percent were won by the candidate who spent the most in the election.was handed down by the Supreme Court 12 years ago, the amount of money being poured into elections by deep-pocketed interests has been rapidly growing, with no signs of stopping.
Meanwhile, the flow of dark money — or political donations where the donors’ names and identities are hidden — has reached a record high for midterm elections, OpenSecrets has found. As of Election Day, outside groups, which are , had spent more than $2.1 billion in federal races this cycle, smashing the previous record of $1.6 billion, set in 2018.Citizens United
decision, calling it “one of the most disastrous decisions in” the Supreme Court’s history at the time, and he
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