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January 26, 2010

Democrats Consider Bills to Limit Foreign Corporate Campaign Donations
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On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers are crafting legislation to limit
the role corporations can play in elections following last week’s
Supreme Court ruling that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of
money to elect and defeat candidates. Representative Chris Van Hollen of
Maryland said one piece of legislation being considered will prohibit
foreign-owned corporations from funneling money into American political
campaigns. The court’s ruling made no distinction between domestic and
foreign corporations. Van Hollen said, “We have been very clear that we
think it is totally inappropriate for foreign contributions to be
influencing the outcome of American elections.”



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