Senate to Vote on Overturning Citizens United Ruling
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A major campaign finance debate begins Monday as the Senate holds its first test vote on a constitutional amendment that would effectively overturn the Citizens United ruling.
In the landmark 2010 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can make unlimited independent expenditures using general treasury funds to support or oppose candidates.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the amendment an “assault on free speech” in a Politico op-ed Sunday night, and disparaged Democrats’ desire to devote legislative time to the issue for the two weeks the Senate is back in session.
“Their goal is to shut down the voices of their critics at a moment when they fear the loss of their fragile Senate majority. And to achieve it, they’re willing to devote roughly half of the remaining legislative days before November to this quixotic anti-speech gambit,” McConnell, R-Ky., wrote.
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