When the U.S. Supreme Court made a controversial ruling late last week overturning regulations prohibiting corporations from spending money in support of a political or judicial candidate, we hoped that the decision would reinvigorate alternative efforts to keep special interest money out of the political process. Labor groups and liberal political organizations are now working to stoke that fire. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today, SEIU (whose Illinois council sponsors this website), MoveOn, People for the American Way, and other progressive groups are urging Congress to approve Sen. Dick Durbin's Fair Elections Now Act.
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