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On the Anniversary of Citizens United, this Congressman Knows We Need to Reform the System
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision that gave corporations and wealthy interests unlimited ability to influence our elections. New York Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) has spent the morning tweeting about the decision and why it’s important to fight for reforms to give everyday people a bigger voice in politics. Check it out:
6 years after #SCOTUS Citizens United decision, we must commit to fighting for a government truly by the people. https://t.co/bkBn9EyL1T
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016When mostly rich, white, male mega-donors have the biggest say in politics, the needs of everyday Americans get left behind. #FightBigMoney
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016We won’t have an economy that works for all of us unless we have a democracy that works for all of us. #FightBigMoney #CitizensUnited
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016In #SOTU, Obama said we must “fix our politics.” He’s right. 6 years after #CitizenUnited, it’s time to pass Gov’t #ByThePeople Act.
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016Citizens United helped rig our politics in favor of the rich & powerful. It’s time to #FightBigMoney by passing the Gov’t #ByThePeople Act.
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 20166 years after #CitizensUnited, I’m fighting to give everyday people their gov’t back from wealthy donors with the Gov’t #BythePeople Act.
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016#SCOTUS #CitizensUnited decision is as wrong today as it was 6 years ago. https://t.co/SvnoofIRWa
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 20166 years after #CitizensUnited, we’re standing up to big-money politics. pic.twitter.com/r8wxShSqM7
— Rep. John Sarbanes (@RepSarbanes) January 21, 2016Citizens United made a bad system worse. The Gov’t #ByThePeople Act would give everyday people a voice in politics https://t.co/bkBn9EyL1T
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016Ridding the undue influence big money has in democracy is a bipartisan problem, and our response should be as well. https://t.co/SvnoofIRWa
— Paul Tonko (@RepPaulTonko) January 21, 2016