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The RNC wants to take Citizens United to the next level: UNLIMITED CORPORATE CASH DIRECTLY INTO THE POCKETS OF CANDIDATES...

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RNC Fights For Corporate Right To Give Money To Candidates And Party Committees

by Dan Froomkin

1/10/12

WASHINGTON -- In the latest GOP effort to accord corporations the same rights as people, the Republican National Committee wants to strike down the century-old ban against direct corporate contributions to candidates and party committees.

The ban, part of a 1907 anti-corruption law that helped curb the influence of corporate robber barons, is one of the last bulwarks of campaign finance law left after the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision two years ago.

Despite the explosion of so-called independent super PACs, which can collect unlimited contributions, corporations remain banned from making contributions directly to candidates or party committees...

For the complete article, go to:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/rnc-corporate-campaign-contributions_n_1197836.html

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