From the New York Times and when the Senate passes the bill we can hold its funeral.
One rider would allow a huge increase in the size of checks that deep-pocketed donors can write to win inner-sanctum clout with the major political parties. A donor now held to a mere $97,200 under party limits would be able to give a staggering $777,600. In a further invitation to luxury shopping, a couple yearning for the inside track could triple-down and give $3.1 million to party committees. This is pretty much the coup de grâce for the McCain-Feingold law’s ban on large party donations enacted to end the “soft money” corruption of Watergate.
The parties claim they need this big transfusion of lucre to compete with the stealth millions being raised by independent political operatives. But in truth, the rider would only enlarge the political casino’s runaway action, without any hint of ethical controls.
Oh and part of the source of this money is now protected by you and me.
The second rider, custom tailored for the banks of Wall Street, would kill a crucial part of the Dodd-Frank reform law aimed at curbing the banks’ reckless speculation in complex derivatives that fueled the banks’ ignominious collapse in 2008 and fed the great recession. The rider would effectively put taxpayers back on the hook to cushion the banks’ losses in risky derivative deals.
And some on our so called side of the aisle helped pass this crap.
Ain't Bipartisanship great!
Welcome back the adults in the room.
Hahahaha, fuck you voters, we got what we wanted.
We get told we must vote for Democrats come what may because you know, well...
Income inequality also includes political inequality, can you afford to have a politician sport your logo? You can't? How sad for you.
Some wonder why people don't vote and accuse the two parties of being pretty much the same when it comes down to who gets the money.
They appear to be correct.
Welcome back bipartisanship it's good to see you again.
As for the Senate, hahahahaha, that's even more expensive than the House.
Now that their asses are covered from any responsibility for preemptive war, torture and war crimes it's back to business as usual.
Link hands together and go for the money.
Corruption? Never heard of it.
Now lets distract everyone by throwing some talking points around, then vote to assure our jobs.
This would be some fine comedy if it wasn't so damn predictable.
As for rolling back any SCOTUS decisions concerning money in politics
hahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahaha
sorry.
Elizabeth Warren/Bernie Sanders 2016