Issue Position: Election and Political Reform

Issue Position

I BELIEVE big money has too much influence in our elections and in our government. Big money and secret money in politics takes away the voices of working families.

The entities, corporations and people with the most money are getting the loudest voice in politics. That's wrong. It's important to me that regular people, and not just special interests, have their voices heard. That's why I strongly support passing a constitutional amendment to reduce the influence of money in politics by ending Citizens United. We should require super PACs to disclose who is bankrolling them, and put Congress back in the hands of ordinary Americans -- not bought and paid for by wealthy donors.

Additional campaign finance reform priorities:

I will support The DISCLOSE Act, which would require all corporations, unions, and super PACs to report campaign expenditures of $10,000 or more. It would require reporting of transfers by those groups to others making such expenditures in order to expose the source of huge campaign contributions.

I will support the "Democracy For All Amendment' to end the big money dominance of our elections and allows for Congress and the States to set overall limits on campaign spending, including prohibitions on corporate and union spending in the political process.

I will support the Government by the People Act which, among other provisions, creates "People PACs," or small donor committees, that aggregate the voices and power of ordinary citizens rather than wealthy donors (as traditional PACs tend to do).

I will support the Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act, which would apply the current ban on campaign contributions by foreign nationals to foreign-controlled, foreign influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations.

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