Sen. Hawley Under Fire for Citizens United Proposal

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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is under fire from Senate Republicans for a bill that would end unlimited corporate donations to political action committees as established by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

The Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act would "amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by publicly traded corporations."

The legislation puts Hawley in direct opposition to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has relied on the Citizens United ruling to help secure donations to the Senate Leadership Fund run by his allies. "The overwhelming majority of Republican voters think he's wrong. They don't want more woke, corporate money in our politics."

 

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