Money is poisoning our deteriorating democracy and the Republicans are making it worse. How do these crooks get elected? Oh, yeah, with a boatload of cash. Your vote is losing value. Cash is all that matters in AmeriCo.<\/p>\n
Budget would raise limits on political money | Albuquerque Journal News<\/a> <\/p>\n Under a spending bill introduced in the Republican-led House, each superrich donor would be allowed to give almost $1.6 million per election cycle to political parties and their campaign committees. The comparable limit for 2014\u2019s elections was $194,400. <\/p>\n The campaign finance proposal was tucked into an unrelated measure to keep most of the government open through the coming September. <\/p>\n The effort is the latest bid to weaken campaign finance rules passed after the Watergate scandal in the 1970s and updated a decade ago. It follows three Supreme Court rulings that gave rise to free-spending super PACs, which can accept unlimited contributions from people and corporations alike, and an increased role for outside groups to shape the outcome of elections.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Budget would raise limits on political money | Albuquerque Journal News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Money is poisoning our deteriorating democracy and the Republicans are making it worse. How do these crooks get elected? Oh, yeah, with a boatload of cash. Your vote is losing value. Cash is all that matters in AmeriCo. Budget would raise limits on political money | Albuquerque Journal News Under a spending bill introduced in … Continue reading Republicans grab the cash and the Rich will reward them<\/span> \n