To: Rep. Paul Mitchell (MI-10)
Tell Rep. Miller: Hold Hearings on Citizens United
Rep. Miller: Use your position as chair of the Committee on House Administration to hold hearings on Citizens United and the role wealthy special interests played in the 2012 elections.
Why is this important?
In the first presidential election cycle since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, an estimated $6 billion was spent, with more than $1 billion coming from non-party outside groups. By some accounts, approximately 31 percent of outside spending was funded by "secret" undisclosed donors.
For our democracy to flourish, we must find new, meaningful ways for average citizens to have a stronger voice in the process, and citizens have a right and a need to know who is spending money to influence the outcome of our elections.
For our democracy to flourish, we must find new, meaningful ways for average citizens to have a stronger voice in the process, and citizens have a right and a need to know who is spending money to influence the outcome of our elections.