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Jane B (Jabba)'s avatar

The most important issue we face. Nothing can be accomplished until we prohibit the rich from buying our elections.

Reggaemama's avatar

We Oregonians love you, Jeff Merkley! ❤️🌲❤️🌲❤️🌲❤️

Pearl's avatar

Get rid of it. It’s the whole problem in Congress

worrystone's avatar

maybe if we were a free country

Afonso Enfondura - Follow Me!'s avatar

The US became an oligarchy with citizens united. The last two barriers are failing now to becoming an autocracy (rigging of the voting system in all ways and the Supreme Court ruling in nearly all cases that the executive branch is superior to the other branches and laws). I hate to break it to you, but it's over. Unless the people can stop the Supreme Court from giving everything away… 🤔 🤷🏽‍♂️

Barbra C's avatar

Senator Merkley is the real deal. He accepts zero PAC money.💴

He’s a leader in pushing to ban Congressional stock trading, exposing dark money, protecting our democracy, our voting rights, our human rights, and the environment.

He’s up for reelection this year, and once again, his campaign is financed by individual donations from people like me. (And you, if you want to support someone who walks the walk.)

In addition to my (modest) monthly donation, he’s got my respect and my vote.🗳️

Let’s keep the good ones!

Sharon Small's avatar

Go Jeff. You are a great Senator.

Marite Z Burns's avatar

Supreme Court has NO ETHICS!

Pat Clough's avatar

Didn’t Citizen’s? united the one s that put the money into politics

Daughter of the Revolution ✊🏾's avatar

It legalized bribey by designating corporations as persons, or granting corporate personhood, with donations counting as their “free speech” rights! 🤬

Sally Nardi's avatar

Do you think Gorsuch has any regrets arguing for the passage of that law, maybe he should be impeached or just resign?

WhatsMadderU's avatar

Yeah, except there’s one catch all these term limits. These cocksuckers are gonna have a whole bunch of pension to them. They’re not eliminating their pension which means they don’t have to do like other government employees and work a minimum of 20 years to get one.

JanJAN's avatar

We must also get rid of the conservative Judges on Supreme Court!!

Kim McCormick's avatar

If campaign donations are in a Super PAC the money can be spent on whatever the candidate chooses. Financial lobbying is bad enough without providing a way to give huge bribes to buy our leadership.

Russ's avatar

Get rid of citizen United

Ken Wells's avatar

Citizens United stands at the center of the corruption that is fueling our slide into authoritarianism.