Issue Position: Restoring Our Democracy

Issue Position

Michelle believes our electoral system is broken and the disproportionate influence of corporate money on our campaigns and elections is destroying our democracy. Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, corporate special interests are spending unprecedented amounts of money to drown out the voices of regular people. In Congress, Michelle is an original cosponsor of a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and supports passage of the DISCLOSE Act.

In addition, Michelle has sponsored legislation that would prohibit tax-exempt social welfare organizations, known as 501(c)(4)s, and who don't have to disclose their donors, from engaging in political campaign activity. These organizations used a loophole in the law and the Citizens United decision to spend more than $250 million on political campaigns in 2012.

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