Summary

House Democrats, led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, introduced the We the People Amendment to overturn Citizens United, aiming to curb corporate influence in elections.

The constitutional amendment asserts that constitutional rights apply only to individuals, not corporations, and mandates full disclosure of political contributions.

Jayapal cited Elon Musk’s massive campaign spending and subsequent financial gains as proof of the ruling’s harm.

Advocacy groups praised the move, calling it necessary to combat corporate power and dark money in politics, but Republicans have not backed the proposal.

  • VeryVito@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    Good, but why the hell didn’t they do this when they had control of Congress?

    • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Because they don’t want it to pass obviously. When was the last time you went into your bosses office and demanded a pay cut??

      This is just pandering. Maybe one or two of them actually want it but the rest will just pretend to care because they know the genie is never going back in the bottle

    • TehWorld@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      No party has been anywhere near that level of “control” for a very long time.