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From: "STUART BARBARA BRANN" <pypprsrb@msn.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 5:18:33 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Fw: The President leads on corporate speech
Dear Folks,
This is in the category of "fighting back." I have already submitted my name in support of Schumer's efforts, and have added these comments to my note to him:
1. Corporations should be required to obtain a majority of their owners (stockholders) before placing any advocacy ads concerning any political subject, whether a candidate or a proposed Congressional or Executive action.
2. No corporation with substantial foreign ownership should be permitted to take part in any election related activity, for the same reason that citizens or foreign countries are not permitted to do so.
Perhaps others feel the same as I do.
Forward !
Stu
PCP 140
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From: Chuck Schumer
To: pypprsrb@msn.com
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:15 PM
Subject: The President leads on corporate speech
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| Dear Stuart, You may have heard that the Supreme Court recently granted corporations the right to directly influence political campaigns. It's a dangerous new ruling that overturns more than 100 years of law and precedent -- and the most dangerous part might be that it gives foreign governments and foreign-controlled corporations a massive loophole through which they can influence the outcome of American elections. As Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, my Democratic colleagues and I are taking the President's lead and moving to fix this. But Republicans have already shown this is just the latest thing they'll say "no" to. We are drafting legislation and will be introducing it soon, but first I want to know where you stand -- take a moment to click here and tell me what you think about closing this loophole. In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama urged Congress to place new restrictions to limit the influence special interests and foreigners have in politics. And did you see how the crowd reacted when he said that? On the Democratic side of the aisle, we all stood up to cheer. On the Republican side, everyone sat in silence, glued to their seats. With the President's support, the Senate Rules Committee and I held a hearing on this issue on Tuesday. But before we finalize the bill we introduce, I want to know whether people like you are going to sit on your hands with the Republicans or stand up to move this country forward. Click here to tell me whether you're ready to stand up and help us move forward. The main thrust of the President's State of the Union speech was about creating jobs, and that's good news. We have to focus on jobs, the economy, and helping middle class families right now. But keeping special interests and foreigners from gaining undue influence on the process will make that focus possible. Thank you,  Chuck Schumer | |||||||||||
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