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TN Dems Stand Up to Supreme Court Decision That Lets Corporations Buy Our Democracy

From The Tennessean blog:

In the wake of the horrible U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v. FEC, Tennessee Democratic legislators are responding by filing bills that would require corporations to publicly disclose all political donations in Tennessee.

The pair of bills from Rep. Kent Coleman (D-Murfreesboro) and Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) would require corporations “to file a disclosure statement including the names and addresses of all corporate officers, directors and shareholders; names and addresses of lobbyists employed by the corporation; a detailed list of lobbying expenses; and the contracts the company has with state or local government.”  Corporations would also have to include a tag line at the end of advertisements stating that they paid for a political ad.

SEIU is opposed to the Citizens United decision and strongly urges Tennessee legislators in both parties to support Coleman and Berke's bill.

 

Posted by: Mark Naccarato on 1/30/2010 at 11:22:00 AM

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