This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Citizens United case that allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaigns. In 2010, we saw the disastrous consequences this decision had on our elections when special interests were able to buy a campaign victory in November. This ruling undermined the very ideals of the democratic process by allowing the money of corporations to trump the votes of Americans.
As a result of this decision, insurance and pharmaceutical companies were able to pour unlimited funds into the fight against health care reform and to elect anti-health care reform Republicans in November. Because of this, the Republican controlled House voted on Wednesday to repeal health care reform, one of the most important pieces of legislation ever.
We need to put an end to this corrupt influence and ensure that special interests do not take over our elections in 2012. We may not be able to match the millions of dollars corporations will spend, but we can beat them by organizing a strong grassroots campaign. 21st Century Democrats believes that by electing strong supporters of campaign finance reform, we can make a permanent change in the way elections are run.
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