Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress.
It gives the government and corporations the ability...
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http://vimeo.com/31100268
A federal judge has declared that Minnesota's restrictions on independent expenditures on behalf of political candidates by corporations are unconstitutional. The Chamber sued to assert its rights following a U.S.
Supreme Court decision in January that struck down similar restrictions on the federal level.
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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/07/campaignfinance/
The House ethics committee has concluded that Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel knowingly accepted Caribbean trips in violation of House rules that forbid hidden financing by corporations, the AP has learned.
For more than 20 years, corporations were discouraged from using company funds to create or run campaign ads, either for a particular politician or regarding a particular issue.
That's all changed.
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http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/how-the-new-campaign-finance-rules-will-change-politics/
I found it fascinating that the people who were editorializing against it were The New York Times Company and The Washington Post Company,� Justice Thomas said.
These are corporations.� The part of the McCain-Feingold law struck down in Citizens United contained an exemption for news reports, commentaries and editorials.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/politics/04scotus.html?hp
