Democrats Push for Congressional Response to ‘Citizens United’

Congressional Democrats are continuing to gather ideas for limiting corporate involvement in elections as they prepare legislation responding to last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. At a hearing before a House Judiciary subcommittee, witnesses called by the subcommittee's Democratic majority introduced a slew of proposals for Congress to consider. They warned that corporations will now be able to influence lawmakers simply by threatening to use their general treasuries.