Obama: Supreme Court Decision Powers Special-Interest Groups
President Says He Will Work With Congress For A 'Forceful Response'
John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 1/21/2010 1:46:00 PM
President Barack Obama has shot back at the Supreme Court over its decision to lift the ban on using corporate and union treasury funds for electioneering communications and advocacy ads.
In a statement released Thursday, President Obama called the decision "a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics."
He also said he would try to work with the Congress to answer that vote with a "forceful response."
"[This] is a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans. This ruling gives the special interests and their lobbyists even more power in Washington -- while undermining the influence of average Americans who make small contributions to support their preferred candidates."
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It will take a Constitutional amendment to overturn this. Our founding fathers purposely made changing the constitution very difficult. A constitutional amendment to change this would take years to pass and in that time a great deal of damage will be done to our political system and to all Americans. Greed wins again!
Marcus Aerilius - 1/22/2010 11:16:15 AM EST
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