08-09-2015, 07:32 PM
Bernie Sanders -- Aggressive Stance on Campaign Finance Reform
Bernie Sanders abhors the PACs and how big money controls politics and politicians. He supports the DISCLOSE Act, which would make campaign finances more transparent and ban U.S. corporations controlled by foreign interests from making political expenditures.
He wants to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Supreme Court overturned McCain-Feingold restrictions on political spending by corporations and unions as a violation of the First Amendment. (I know Username agrees with Bernie on this issue; me too.)
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Anyway, Bernie Sanders is an interesting guy. What a hugely different election it will be if Mr. Sanders somehow gets the Democratic nomination instead of Mrs. Clinton.
Sanders is the longest serving Independent congressperson. As an Independent, he doesn't exactly fit the standard Democrat mold. Just like Rand Paul, as a Libertarian, doesn't really fit the standard Republican mold. Based on what I've read and heard from Bernie, his views on The Patriot Act, NSA surveillance, and foreign intervention line-up very closely with Rand's, in fact.
Bernie Sanders abhors the PACs and how big money controls politics and politicians. He supports the DISCLOSE Act, which would make campaign finances more transparent and ban U.S. corporations controlled by foreign interests from making political expenditures.
He wants to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Supreme Court overturned McCain-Feingold restrictions on political spending by corporations and unions as a violation of the First Amendment. (I know Username agrees with Bernie on this issue; me too.)
Anyway, Bernie Sanders is an interesting guy. What a hugely different election it will be if Mr. Sanders somehow gets the Democratic nomination instead of Mrs. Clinton.
Sanders is the longest serving Independent congressperson. As an Independent, he doesn't exactly fit the standard Democrat mold. Just like Rand Paul, as a Libertarian, doesn't really fit the standard Republican mold. Based on what I've read and heard from Bernie, his views on The Patriot Act, NSA surveillance, and foreign intervention line-up very closely with Rand's, in fact.