BP's Influence Peddling In Congress Bears Fruit Two Years After Gulf Spill

Citizens United didn't say corporations are people.

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Nor did I say that it did.  Buckley vs. Valeo did that, but what CU did was hold that the 1st Amendment prohibited the government from restricting political expenditures by corporations and unions, and it relied heavily on the reasoning in Buckley vs. Valeo, and also First National Bank of Boston vs. Bellotti, where the Supreme Court struck down a broad prohibition against independent expenditures from all sources.

When 93% of candidates with the most money win their elections, money does get you power.
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