![]() ![]() “Americans deserve to know who is trying to influence our voices and our votes, and foreign entities should have zero role in determining American elections,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause. We urge Members of Congress to stand with democracy and pass this bill.” The people, not multinational corporations, shall govern. “This legislation will ensure that corporations with significant foreign investment will no longer be able to spend their general treasury funds to influence our elections and to drown out the voices of voters across this country. “We applaud Congressman Raskin for introducing this critical legislation in the defense of our democracy and the fundamental principles of American self-government,” said John Bonifaz, Co-Founder and President of Free Speech For People. subsidiary that is significantly owned or controlled by foreign interests could not spend money to influence our elections.” Elections Act” would close that loophole and ensure that any U.S. One of the most gaping loopholes is allowing foreign-owned corporations to spend in American elections through their U.S. “But our safeguards against foreign intervention are littered with loopholes. elections,” said Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist at Public Citizen. “One of the great pillars of our democratic system that enjoys consensus across all parties is that foreign nationals and foreign governments should not be making campaign contributions and expenditures in U.S. ![]() The future of our democracy must be decided by American voters, not foreign entities or multinational corporations that spend hundreds of millions of dollars each election cycle, diminishing the voices of everyday people.” When enacted, this legislation will take a giant step toward assuring Americans that foreign entities are not influencing our elections, either directly or indirectly through under-the-radar routes like ownership in U.S. “For several years, CAP has advocated for this popular, common-sense policy and applauds the leadership of Rep. corporations,” said Will Roberts, Managing Director for Democracy Policy at the Center for American Progress. Raskin’s legislation to close a dangerous loophole opened by Citizens United and prohibit political spending by foreign-influenced U.S. “The Center for American Progress strongly endorses Rep. I thank the Center for American Progress, Public Citizen, Free Speech For People and Common Cause for their support of this critical project.” “It’s imperative to fortify our electoral institutions against constant efforts by plutocrats and autocrats to shape political outcomes in America. Elections Act will stop this dangerous stream of foreign cash and influence from flowing in our campaigns through corporate spending,” Raskin explained. “Six days after the Supreme Court invented corporate free speech rights in Citizens United, President Obama warned that the Court had just opened ‘the floodgates’ for foreign interests to funnel cash freely into American elections through corporations,” said Rep. corporations appreciably owned by foreign investors to pour unlimited cash into American elections. The legislation closes a campaign finance loophole that allows for-profit U.S. ![]() – Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, along with 19 of his colleagues in the United States House of Representatives, introduced the Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. ![]()
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