At a Judiciary Committee hearing featuring testimony from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Klobuchar underscored how recent Supreme Court rulings that give special interests even more power in the political process have shaken the American peoples’ confidence in the electoral system
Klobuchar is a cosponsor of a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to override the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, and has cosponsored legislation to boost transparency in political spending by special interests
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar today highlighted how unprecedented special interest spending on political campaigns is undermining elections in the United States. At a Judiciary Committee hearing featuring testimony from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Klobuchar underscored how recent Supreme Court rulings that give special interests even more power in the political process have shaken the American peoples’ confidence in the electoral system. Klobuchar is a cosponsor of a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to override the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, and has cosponsored legislation to boost transparency in political spending by special interests.
“The unprecedented flow of special interest cash into political campaigns is undermining our elections and shaking the public’s confidence,” Klobuchar said. “We need to take concrete actions to restore peoples’ trust in our electoral process and ensure that the voices of average Americans aren’t drowned out by an avalanche of outside money.”
Since the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which allows special interests to spend unlimited amounts of money on federal election activity, Super PACs and other outside groups have dramatically increased their spending on federal elections. Klobuchar cosponsored the DISCLOSE Act to help promote transparency in political spending by Super PACs and other groups. The bill required certain organizations that spend over $10,000 on campaign activity to disclose their spending to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) within 24 hours and list any donor who gives over $10,000 to the organization. Klobuchar is also cosponsor of a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to override the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and McCutcheon.
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