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It starts with campaign finance reform.
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.
We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.
Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.
I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
We need to end unlimited, unaccountable money for all political parties by passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.
The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.
One such issue that Arkansans want action taken on is campaign finance reform. And this is a problem that is not really all that complicated.
If the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform was not already clear, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United permitting unlimited corporate and union spending in campaigns certainly made it so in 2010.
Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.
It is my preference that the Democratic Party leads us forward in a way that is about standing up to special interests, in a way that advances campaign finance reform, in a way that fights for meaningful prescription drug reform.
Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's a lot more complicated when you talk to highly funded leaders - that's the innate, deeply problematic part of our politics.
I have a lot of stands on a lot of political issues. I'm very big on campaign finance reform. I still think most Americans aren't aware of how the dumping of big corporate dollars and private donor dollars has totally corrupted the political system and taken it away from them.
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.
I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the leadership; with the politicians who are benefiting from the big campaign contributions, and the dark money in the electioneering communications and so forth.