Why The Senate’s Top Leader Came Out For A Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United

“It was as if I had jumped into the sewer,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said of running for re-election after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision came down in 2010. The decision that invalidated limits on the free flow of corporate and other campaign money forced everybody to the lowest common denominator, he said, amplifying the influence of the wealthy and muting the voices of everybody else.
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