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02/20/10
ANNAPOLIS - Senate Democrats are using publicity from a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling to introduce a package of legislation targeting corporate spending in Maryland elections. Find Us On Facebook
The three bills arrive in the shadow of last month's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which struck down restrictions on political spending by corporations in federal elections.
President Obama criticized the decision in his State of the Union address last month, and a Washington Post-ABC News poll released this week found that 80 percent of respondents opposed the ruling. The poll reported broad agreement on the matter...
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Meanwhile - 2010-02-21 14:16:38
The Democrat coffers are stuffed to the gills with contributions from the Trial Lawyers Assoc. and every Union in the state with no restrictions at all....whether the rank and file Union members want to 'donate' the money or not.
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