At Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a constitutional amendment to regulate campaign fundraising and spending, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) said, “The right to vote is under attack on two fronts: A well-funded coordinated effort has made it harder for millions of Americans to vote, and at the same time, unleashed a tidal wave of special interest and corporate money into elections to drown out the voices of average Americans.”

On Wednesday, Sen. Dick Durbin introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, legislation that blends small dollar donors and public matching funds to empower everyday people in our political process.

“Without a fundamental reform of the way we finance campaigns, we cannot bring real reform to Capitol Hill,” Durbin said in a release.

 (Via Public Campaign)