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Money is not Speech, Corporations are not PeopleJanuary 21, 2012 marks the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that unleashed a tsunami of corporate money into our political system. In Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that corporations, like people, have a constitutional right to free speech, overturning a century of campaign finanace law. This decision has allowed corporations to spend billions of dollars on campaigns, influencing candidates and determining the outcome of elections.

Our democracy is broken. CWA will continue to work with alliance partners to get corporatemoney out of politics and help make the American political process work for working families.

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Dear Member of Congress,

We, the People of the United States, call upon you to support efforts to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and to stop the corrupting influence of corporate money in our political system; this includes clarificationthat corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as real people, that there are strict disclosure requirements on where the money in our political system is coming from, limits on campaign spending and moving towards public financing of federal elections.

Corporations are NOT People. Democracyis For the People and should not be corrupted.

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Elections in the United States aren’t supposed to be for sale to the highest bidder. But the Citizens United v.Federal Election Commission decision has given the upper hand to corporations and the wealthy who have millions to spend, and it allows them to do so in almost total secrecy.

How we are fighting back• Fighting for the Disclose Act to bring transparency into politics;• Fighting for Constitutional amendments making it clear corporations are NOT people;• Taking the Fight to the State Level advocating for state legislation that will restrict corporate spending;• Support Fair Elections and Public Financing

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The chart above shows how the $32 billion in corporate spending dwarfs the efforts of the labor and environmental interests in our political and legislative system.