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Congressman John Yarmuth's (D-KY) Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. FEC

       
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January 21, 2010     MEDIA CONTACT

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(Louisville, KY) Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) released the following statement in response to the news that the Supreme Court of the United States – in a 5 to 4 decision – ruled to remove limits on spending in federal elections by corporations and other special interest groups:

“I fear that this decision will be disastrous for our democracy. With so much special interest money already flowing through our system, Americans rightly wonder whether Congress works for them or Wall Street banks, drug companies, and deep-pocketed special interests. Now, the Supreme Court has opened up the floodgates to even more corrupting money. I wonder how long it will be until we have ‘the Senator from Goldman Sachs’ or ‘the Congresswoman from Pfizer

A Statement on Today's Supreme Court Decision from the Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Politics

Now the spigot has been opened even further for corporations, trade groups and unions to use as much money as their hefty bank accounts can muster to aid or attack a federal candidate," said Sheila Krumholz, the Center for Responsive Politics' executive director. "Such action could potentially come in the eleventh hour of a campaign when the target may not be capable of an effective response, for want of time, funds or both."

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