Huffman, Democratic Leaders Introduce the Democracy for All Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Decision

Statement

Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) co-introduced the Democracy for All Amendment, which will reverse destructive Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United v. FEC that have given corporations and the wealthiest donors the right to leverage unlimited influence in our elections. Huffman joined nearly 100 other Democrats in introducing today's amendment, including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), U.S. Reps. John Larson (CT-1), Ted Deutch (FL-21), Donna Edwards (MD-4), and Jim McGovern (MA-2). The new constitutional amendment, H. J. Res. 119, is the House companion to a constitutional amendment slated for a historic vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate this year.

"Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions have corroded our system of democracy, allowing special interests to spend unlimited amounts of secret money to get their favored candidate elected. Until we fix the campaign finance system, our broader aspirations for policy reforms-- including action on immigration reform, tax reform, climate change, gun violence, and any number of other issues that ordinary Americans care about--will face powerful political headwinds," Huffman said. "The Democracy for All Amendment will reverse these disastrous Supreme Court decisions and restore Congress' authority to pass laws protecting the integrity of our electoral process. It's time to fix our broken electoral system."

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