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USA Today: Campaign finance shaped 2009-10 term

WASHINGTON — After nine months and 73 decisions, the Supreme Court’s newly concluded 2009-10 term is defined by a single case whose continuing political ramifications were on display this week in Senate hearings for Elena Kagan. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which stripped away federal limits on corporate and union spending in political campaigns, […]

FEC’s Decision To Grant CU The Media Exemption

Citizens United President David N. Bossie Statement on FEC’s Decision To Grant CU The Media Exemption: I am very pleased that a bipartisan majority of the Federal Election Commission saw fit to grant Citizens United the media exemption. As the producers of 14 feature-length and award-winning documentaries, Citizens United is an important voice that should […]

Bossie Statement: If Congress Won’t Investigate White House Job Offers, Obama Should Authorize A DOJ Probe

Statement on White House Job Scandal From David Bossie, Former Chief Investigator, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight “The recent admissions that the Obama Administration offered jobs to two individuals who were considering primary challenges to the White House’s favored candidates is troubling. But what is even more troubling is that the Democrat-controlled Congress […]

Obama Attacks Free Speech

President Obama jumped into the Democrat campaign to limit the free speech rights of grassroots groups like Citizens United this weekend when he used his weekly radio address to support Sen. Chuck Schumer’s ‘reform’ bill. What President Obama conveniently left out of his address, however, was any mention of Senator Schumer’s statement at the bill’s […]

Statement From David Bossie on Schumer Campaign Finance Legislation

Statement From David Bossie on Schumer Campaign Finance Legislation: “This bill, like many that have come before it, is a incumbent-protection power grab dressed up in the sheep’s clothing of ‘reform.’ The bureaucratic jungle that this bill would create will force groups of modest means like Citizens United to spend thousands of dollars of donor […]

Citizens United Response to Castle-Van Hollen Legislation

The following is a statement from Citizens United President David N. Bossie: “Mike Castle signing on to a bill does not bipartisanship make. A Republican running for a Senate seat held by a Democrat since the 1970s has plenty of political motivation to hold hands with the Democrat leadership whenever he gets a chance. “But […]