In each of the last two Congresses, I have joined Chairman and now Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee John Conyers (D-MI) to introduce an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, H. J. Res 78, that would reverse the Supreme Court’s flawed decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited advertising money in elections. Since the ruling was issued, campaign spending by outside groups including corporations surged more than four-fold to reach nearly $300 million in the 2010 election cycle. My amendment will give specific authority to Congress and the states to regulate corporate expenditures on political activity. This is the only way to once and for all put the American people, and not corporations, in charge of our treasured democracy.
Thank you for supporting campaign finance Congresswoman Edwards. I am new to the issue and having read Prof. Lessig’s book “Republic, Lost” I am now convinced as he is that campaign finance is the prime issue that must be solved in order to address all others that face America.