While Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill debate the merits of campaign finance reform, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party are busy at work in federal court seeking to undermine the last remaining vestiges of federal cam
"We believe that the First Amendment is designed to safeguard a functioning and fair democracy. The current system of campaign financing makes a mockery of that ideal by enabling the rich to set the national agenda, and to exercise disproportionate influe
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The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents' sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
