Campaign Finance Reform / Clean Elections

Fair Elections Now Act and Citizens United
The Future of Participatory Democracy

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) discuss why they sponsored the Fair Elections Now Act, and what they see as the road ahead in wake of the Citizens United* decision: http://www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2009/12/fairelections.html

*The Citizens United case, now before SCOTUS, could allow unlimited corporate spending in elections, forcing elected officials to spend more time raising money than they do today.

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