A foe to our friends and a friend to our foes, by David N. Bossie: On Tuesday President Obama met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. I am disappointed that President Obama did not take this opportunity to reinforce his commitment to our allies in the Middle East by pledging stronger action to stop […]
George Will speaks out against the Disclose Act: WASHINGTON Two splendid recent developments have highlighted how campaign finance “reforms” have become the disease they pretend to cure. In Arizona and in Congress, measures ostensibly aimed at eliminating corruption or the “appearance” thereof illustrate the corruption inherent in incumbents writing laws that regulate political competition by […]
Statement from David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United, on House Passage of the DISCLOSE Act “The DISCLOSE Act passed today by the House of Representatives is Exhibit A of why Congress cannot be trusted to regulate political speech. For crassly political purposes, Chairman Van Hollen and his lieutenants at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee […]
As President Obama prepares to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today, Citizens United announced the launch of a national ad buy telling the President to stop Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon before it’s too late. David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United, said, “from the first days of his presidential campaign […]
In case you missed it, Jan Crawford at CBS News wrote this story about the Democrats missing the point on campaign spending: “Democrats have spent a lot of time hammering the Roberts Court for its 5-4 decision to allow unlimited spending by corporations and unions on political advertising. “Wasn’t it unusual how they got to […]
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, […]
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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 […]
Today Citizens United and a coalition of over 50 other groups urged Congress to vote against the DISCLOSE Act. The DISCLOSE Act is the proposed legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Citizens United v. FEC. If passed the DISCLOSE Act would silence the voices of millions of American’s whose speech was recently […]
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 […]
Citizens United’s President David N. Bossie on Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto to discuss President Obama’s pick for U.S. …
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 […]