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the ruling called citizens united the justicesss affirmed, independent political action committees these are the groups known as superpacs. relying on a superpac though does carry risk. donald trump was paying for all of his campaign efforts has repeatedly criticized mr. bush saying the former florida governor is already beholden. >> when they give 5 million or 2 million to jeb they have him just like a puppet. >> never mind the political optics, there is if the superpac goes rogue, superpac and candidates are not supposed to coordinate with each other. in other words if jeb bush does not like what right to rise is doing or how they are spending money there is nothing he can do to stop it. >> the power of these superpacs spreads well beyond washington. daniel craig's strange connection to the word of superpac fundraising. >> they have travelled for weeks, sometimes months. >> and the e.u. struggles to cope... >> we don't know, they stop us here. >> what's being done while lives hang in the balance? >> we need help now. >> we're talking about superpacs, they're almost entirely unregulated
the ruling called citizens united the justicesss affirmed, independent political action committees these are the groups known as superpacs. relying on a superpac though does carry risk. donald trump was paying for all of his campaign efforts has repeatedly criticized mr. bush saying the former florida governor is already beholden. >> when they give 5 million or 2 million to jeb they have him just like a puppet. >> never mind the political optics, there is if the superpac goes rogue,...
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you talk about the importance of overturning citizens united and that we need to think big to create a political revolution. congress still functions the same way it did in the 1700s by having representatives elected representatives who really represent corporate interests. we today have the technology to represent ourselves in the legislative process by simply logging on to a website and selecting legislation the same way we securely do online banking or taxes or everything else online. do you think the key to a political revolution to overrule citizens united is to bring congress into the 21st century by allowing people to represent themselves directly in the legislative process? >> i think it's a little more complicated than that, to be honest with you. i do believe that technology and social media and the internet have radically transformed the nature of american society. from a very personal point of view, my campaign would not be doing as well as it is if we were not communicating with many millions of people through social media. so i would answer your question in saying i thi
you talk about the importance of overturning citizens united and that we need to think big to create a political revolution. congress still functions the same way it did in the 1700s by having representatives elected representatives who really represent corporate interests. we today have the technology to represent ourselves in the legislative process by simply logging on to a website and selecting legislation the same way we securely do online banking or taxes or everything else online. do you...
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the ruling called citizens united the justices ss s affirmed, independent political action committees these are the groups known as superpacs. relying on a superpac though does carry risk. donald trump was paying for all of his campaign efforts has repeatedly criticized mr. bush saying the former florida governor is already beholden. >> when they give 5 million or 2 million to jeb they have him just like a puppet. >> never mind the political optics, there is if the superpac goes rogue, superpac and candidates are not supposed to coordinate with each other. in other words if jeb bush does not like what right to rise is doing or how they are spending money there is nothing he can do to stop it. >> the power of these superpacs spreads well beyond washington. daniel craig's strange connection to the word of >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversation
the ruling called citizens united the justices ss s affirmed, independent political action committees these are the groups known as superpacs. relying on a superpac though does carry risk. donald trump was paying for all of his campaign efforts has repeatedly criticized mr. bush saying the former florida governor is already beholden. >> when they give 5 million or 2 million to jeb they have him just like a puppet. >> never mind the political optics, there is if the superpac goes...
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. >> have you been able to draw any connection between this and citizens united ruling?> donors need to do their research and be aware that when they visit a website or hear about a group that that group might have more going on than meets the eye. being able to pull back the veil and say, look at what's really going on here. >> last week care carey lee peterson's group americans united nations, filed the correct reports covering january through june this year. it was filed seven weeks beyond the deadline. when we come back, i will talk to carey lee peterson. to see why he fails to recognize the cease and desist order of the bernie sanders campaign. >> for drugs? >> for drugs, yeah. >> we're dealing with the worst drug epidemic in united states' history. >> she said "dad, please don't leave me here". i said "honey, i don't have any choice". >> wufns the cash starts flowing there is very little overnight, over how the money is spent. in cooperation with the center for public integrity, we've been looking at a superpack called american socially united, run by carey peterso
. >> have you been able to draw any connection between this and citizens united ruling?> donors need to do their research and be aware that when they visit a website or hear about a group that that group might have more going on than meets the eye. being able to pull back the veil and say, look at what's really going on here. >> last week care carey lee peterson's group americans united nations, filed the correct reports covering january through june this year. it was filed seven...
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and those people would overturn citizens united. that will not solve the problem. is the way we fund campaigns. citizens united created the super pac which is another layer on that problem but we've got to address the fundamental problem which is the fact the tiniest number of people are dependent upon to fund these campaigns. members of congress spend 30% to 70% of their time raising money. >> how do you change it? >> it takes, first, a system of small dollar public funding. new york has with matching funds for electing city officials or vouchers where you could give -- >> your can do this stuff without constitutional? >> perfectly constitutional. we could do this tomorrow. they would not be bending over backwards to address the interest of their few funders. they would instead be focused on -- >> could we still have the board billionaire enter the race and self fund and outspend everyone else? >> right now we could. it's a terrifying prospect because of course, you know -- >> unless you like the billionaire. unless it's a billionaire you agree with. >> let's imag
and those people would overturn citizens united. that will not solve the problem. is the way we fund campaigns. citizens united created the super pac which is another layer on that problem but we've got to address the fundamental problem which is the fact the tiniest number of people are dependent upon to fund these campaigns. members of congress spend 30% to 70% of their time raising money. >> how do you change it? >> it takes, first, a system of small dollar public funding. new...
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she released an online video about the citizens united ruling.ll of this as a push that she wants to have changes about big donors disclosed, loopholes closed, constitutional amendment that will overturn citizens united and make changes to help public financing work. among other provisions, is this good policy? john: the policy part first. it is the biggest thing, if it actually happened that you ended secret money in american politics, had full disclosure instant disclosure, the most , important thing to happen in campaign finance reform of all. i'm with her on that. as politics, this is just an attempt to get close to some of the bernie sanders voters. i just don't imagine there's any bernie sanders boater that will look at that and say hillary , clinton is not the candidate of big money. i will go to her instead of my friend bernie who does not even a super pac. mark: i applaud some of this. on the politics of it, this is running into her weakness. i hear this over and over. people think she's too close to wall street. she is a big money candi
she released an online video about the citizens united ruling.ll of this as a push that she wants to have changes about big donors disclosed, loopholes closed, constitutional amendment that will overturn citizens united and make changes to help public financing work. among other provisions, is this good policy? john: the policy part first. it is the biggest thing, if it actually happened that you ended secret money in american politics, had full disclosure instant disclosure, the most ,...
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. >> have you been able to draw any connection between this and citizens united ruling?> donors need to do their research and be aware that when they visit a website or hear about a group that that group might have more going on than meets the eye. being able to pull back the veil and say, look at what's really going on here. >> last week care carey lee peterson's group americans united nations, filed the correct reports covering january through june this year. it was filed seven weeks beyond the deadline. when we come back, i will talk >> where we are standing right now will be the panama canal. >> this will be flooded. >> we have upgraded for bigger ships. >> now we go for weeks without water. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome! >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >> wufns the cash starts flowing there is very little overnight, over how the money is spent. in cooperation with the center for public integrit
. >> have you been able to draw any connection between this and citizens united ruling?> donors need to do their research and be aware that when they visit a website or hear about a group that that group might have more going on than meets the eye. being able to pull back the veil and say, look at what's really going on here. >> last week care carey lee peterson's group americans united nations, filed the correct reports covering january through june this year. it was filed seven...
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no no, no, no, nominee will get that unless they will overturn citizens united. [applause] >> now, we are in a school here in elementary school here in new hampshire and i know that every person in this room in new hampshire and throughout the country is concerned about education because we all understand that we live in a highly competitive global economy and we all know. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out, if we do not have the best educated workforce, it'll be very hard for the economy to grow and be strong and create the jobs for our kids. in that context it is beyond my comprehension how we have a sipciÓn today where hundreds of thousands of bright qualified young people who have the ability to go to college, who have the desire to go to college cannot go to college for one simple reason, the family doesn't have money. that is unconscionable when we think about the future of america and our need to capture all of the intlct -- intellectual to make sure that every college in america is tuition free. [applause] >> now, i'm going to do that jus
no no, no, no, nominee will get that unless they will overturn citizens united. [applause] >> now, we are in a school here in elementary school here in new hampshire and i know that every person in this room in new hampshire and throughout the country is concerned about education because we all understand that we live in a highly competitive global economy and we all know. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out, if we do not have the best educated workforce, it'll be very...
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we talk about the importance of overturning citizens united. functions the same way did in 1700s by having representatives who represent corporate interests, we today have the technology to represent ourselves in the legislative office by simply logging onto do you think the key to a political revolution to overrule citizens united is to bring congress into the 21st century by allowing people to represent themselves directly in the legislative process? think it's ars: i little more complicated than that to be honest with you. technology andat social media and the internet have radically transformed the nature of american society. from a very personal point of view, my campaign would not be doing as well as it is if we were not communicating with many millions of people through social media. i would answer your question in saying i think we've got to expand the ability of the american people to communicate with their members of congress and as president i would certainly do that, but i don't think that you can just run the government through the
we talk about the importance of overturning citizens united. functions the same way did in 1700s by having representatives who represent corporate interests, we today have the technology to represent ourselves in the legislative office by simply logging onto do you think the key to a political revolution to overrule citizens united is to bring congress into the 21st century by allowing people to represent themselves directly in the legislative process? think it's ars: i little more complicated...
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the conservative review, citizens united, and to for america.ll the supporters donors and local providers of tea party patriots. you made this possible. thank you. 38470 text all one word end the iran deal. end the iran deal. so text that right now. it helps us so we know how many people were here today. next, our next speaker is a friend of this movement, a friend of the tea party movement, a friend of the 912 of ment, has been named one time's most influential people in the world and has networks ablaze. please join me in welcoming our time's friend glenn beck. >> hello, america. i've solved the issue of global warming it's not suv's it's that big flaming thing in the sky. i come to you today with a different message. i've stood here and i've listened. but there's a different message that i wish to deliver to you today. we live in confusing times. we live in a world that is suffering under the delusion of peace and prosperity. we are being told that the world is safer. we're being told that the world economy is stable. and that islamic killers
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what is your opinion on the citizen's united decision by the supreme court? would you support an amendment to override it? havechafee: i voted to campaign-finance reform in the court. have struck down some of it based on the first amendment rights of the wealthy to spend their money and the supreme wealthyse that says the can spend their money on first amendment issues and then citizens united. i don't think i would go for a constitutional amendment, but i would certainly have justice. suprementments to the court would take a view that there are limits on free speech as far as campaign finance goes. money that is coming into these campaigns is so enormous that it is hard for candidates. i am testing that running for president without all the huge money. let's see how it works out. >> fundraising is an issue. you're up against a lot of well-financed candidates, particularly one. how do you balance it? gov. chafee: i have run for office 12 times, starting at the local level. i know that you need the resources. in this case, the money is so enormous. i am not go
what is your opinion on the citizen's united decision by the supreme court? would you support an amendment to override it? havechafee: i voted to campaign-finance reform in the court. have struck down some of it based on the first amendment rights of the wealthy to spend their money and the supreme wealthyse that says the can spend their money on first amendment issues and then citizens united. i don't think i would go for a constitutional amendment, but i would certainly have justice....
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i'll take it up with citizens united period david bossie and others here tonight. >>> and a story that will leave you reeling in disbelief or confirm your worst fears about the country's military in the fight against the islamic statement we're learning disturbing new details about the obama administration's disastrous strategy to try to defeat the islamic state. u.s. officials now admit they've lost track of all of the 54 syrian opposition fighters they trained. those fighters, they say, are either dead, captured or missing. it seems that almost anything could have been their fate. and it cost taxpayers, american taxpayers more than 40 million dollars to train those missing 54 fighters, and it gets worse, believe it or not. dozens of military intelligence analysts are openly complaining that higher-ups have changed their field reports to make it seem like the war against the islamic state is going far better than it actually is. i'll discuss all of this with the first director of national intelligence five-time ambassador, john negroponte. >>> our top story, trump surging in the polls
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away by supreme court decisions first with buckley versus vallejo and then most recently with citizens united has left us this campaign finance system in which you have to spend and raise too much money to run for office. you have to spend too much time doing it. i mean each and every single taxpayer employs me and pays my salary. each of us as taxpayers pay for all 535 members of congress. i would much rather the persons whether it is the most conservative member or the most liberal member work on legislation and policy and not have to spend so much time to raise money to run for office. but in a system we have in the u.s. that does not have public financing of elections since they are privately financed, that's what has to happen. also, when i was referencing the campaign system right now makes no sense and is broken, we have right now a system in which the individual who is running for office is capped in terms of the amount of contributions he can receive from one individual or entity. but then some outside group can spend millions upon millions of dollars or some very super wealthy indiv
away by supreme court decisions first with buckley versus vallejo and then most recently with citizens united has left us this campaign finance system in which you have to spend and raise too much money to run for office. you have to spend too much time doing it. i mean each and every single taxpayer employs me and pays my salary. each of us as taxpayers pay for all 535 members of congress. i would much rather the persons whether it is the most conservative member or the most liberal member...
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. >>> citizen's united is seeking the help of the former u.s. tizen general to gain access to hillary's e-mails. can hillary go to jail? it's a new fiber supplement that helps support regularity and includes b vitamins to help convert food to energy. mmmmm, these are good! nice work, phillips! the tasty side of fiber, from phillips'. we all feel the calling to build something great. ♪ can this much love be cleanedrlin' by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah. one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. >>> welcome back to hannity. a local chapter of the black lives matter after they were caught on tape chanting a derogatory statement about the police. >> we have to not smear the entire movement because of one tiny part of a march where people said something despicable. that is not representative of the whole movement. >> anytime you have black raged expressed on black suffering in the face of ground fear ground in white privilege that clash is in that you're going to get rhetori
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we have citizens united.honesty into our let's were a process, because right now there is no -- when you have the koch brothers standing up with you million dollars -- that is more than any other outside group trying to front the election. you cannot really call that an election. that is more like a billionaire or somebody that is super rich trying to buy the election. i will vote for bernie sanders. i think he is the strongest candidate. he is really hitting on the issues. i'm really hoping he will win because i think we need to change the paradigm in this country. we need to change the way we run this country. we need to have free education, medicare for all. we need to address global warming and transitioning into cleaner noble energy. host: thank you for the call. edward, you are next, from massachusetts. caller: i just wanted to say in light of the fact, i think we have had two less than average presidents in a row -- george w. bush and barack obama. the media seems hell-bent in destroying hillary clinto
we have citizens united.honesty into our let's were a process, because right now there is no -- when you have the koch brothers standing up with you million dollars -- that is more than any other outside group trying to front the election. you cannot really call that an election. that is more like a billionaire or somebody that is super rich trying to buy the election. i will vote for bernie sanders. i think he is the strongest candidate. he is really hitting on the issues. i'm really hoping he...
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[laughter] >> he only mentions them by name. >> you mentioned citizens united but he didn't say the court that anyway to what degree did the so-called fab four or aside from the fab four founders have the prescience to see that eventually questions of federalism and states rights and what have you would have to be decided in the ideal sense by the high court even before marbury and the landmark decisions which define the supreme court's power? did they see that the supreme court would eventually be a key element of the country? >> you can detect glimpses of that in hamilton's federalist 46 or something like that. but if you read the constitution on the judiciary the one thing that you can say for sure it is they don't want the supreme court to be supreme. they don't envision, if they had envisioned marbury versus madison which by the way doesn't really make a difference. the big decision is dred scott. but they would conceive of a supreme court is the ultimate arbiter of the constitution is the ultimate source of tyranny. madison later in his career in 1828 to 32 during an altercation cri
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. >> that absolute majority in parliament depends on a far left party joining the coalition, a citizens unit that has already called for acts of civil disobedience against the government had madrid. >> you plan to bring in the far left, the anticapitalists, how in the world do you plan to agree with one another let alone declare independence? >> it is called democracy. we are living in an exceptional moment and we're going to manage the situation according to the polls. obviously, the diversity of the society is clear but we are in the transitional period and we'll manage this the best way we can. >> they are making a good show of these plans but really this is the broadest most opportunistic of arrangements. you can't help but a little bit the hopes of independence are being planted here in slightly shaky political ground. but the triumph of democracy is seldom a victory for everyone. >> translator: i hope it ends with an agreement and that catalans get a better deal than this. i hope it doesn't end in a big confrontation with catalans, i hope it turns out well. >> reporter: there, in those
. >> that absolute majority in parliament depends on a far left party joining the coalition, a citizens unit that has already called for acts of civil disobedience against the government had madrid. >> you plan to bring in the far left, the anticapitalists, how in the world do you plan to agree with one another let alone declare independence? >> it is called democracy. we are living in an exceptional moment and we're going to manage the situation according to the polls....
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but the influence of money has to be curbed and citizens united has made it even worse. the idea that corporations are people is, of course, absurd and ridiculous. but that is now what has happened. and it's another layer of problems for the election process. >> hillary clinton right now the is trying to do something that you're the last person who tried to do. she's trying to run as the presumptive favorite nominee off of a successful and popular democratic presidential two terms. what challenges are there in that position from your experience? >> well, i'm not an expert on political punditry,, but there does seem to be kind of a pendulum effect in american politics. but it's probably a weak and there are people who have done the analyses that show it can be overcome. it's not immutable. so i don't think that's an impassable barrier. >> on the other side, you have a republican party right now where you don't have a single person in this race, maybe i guess george pataki said something the other day. historically large field, right? >> there's some conflict about a bunch
but the influence of money has to be curbed and citizens united has made it even worse. the idea that corporations are people is, of course, absurd and ridiculous. but that is now what has happened. and it's another layer of problems for the election process. >> hillary clinton right now the is trying to do something that you're the last person who tried to do. she's trying to run as the presumptive favorite nominee off of a successful and popular democratic presidential two terms. what...
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changes about big donors disclosed, loopholes closed, constitutional amendment that will overturn citizens unitednd make changes to help public financing work. among other prepaid -- provisions, is this bundle good policy? john: the policy part first. it is the biggest thing, if it actually happened that you ended secret money in american politics. all disclosure, instant disclosure, the most important thing to happen in campaign finance reform of all. i'm with her on that. as politics, this is just an attempt to get close to some of the bernie sanders voters. i'll imagine there are any of those that say, hillary clinton is not the candidate of a gurney -- of big money. them, onpplied some of the politics of it, this is running into her weakness. i hear this over and over. people think she's too close to wall street. she is a big money candidate. to say the unilateral disarmed, this is a proposal trying to ameliorate a weakness. although she does believe in it. john: i'm sure she does. but i do think sanders voters, you look at bernie sanders running, pledging to run no negative ads, taking no ha
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two is citizens united. there's no way that congress should not vote to get rid of citizens united.o way. so my dissatisfaction is with congress. congress does nothing but keep everybody angry and upset about things, especially immigration. but they're not doing anything about it. they could pass a bill any time they would like. clear up the wall, stop donald trump from talking foolishness by just doing it. hook it to the infrastructure bill. they want the wall, we want our infrastructure fixed. >> dorothy from baltimore, maryland, is the first call. thanks. jim from chicago, illinois, independent line. >> caller: good morning. i'm very, very disappointed with the way the country is going. in fact, america is on life support. there's no leadership, including the idiot in the white house. the congress, you know, really don't care. there's a lack of morals. the crime rate is increasing. anyone under 40 years old, you don't have a future. between student debt, not being able to find a job, and just people in general who basically either their heads are in the sand or they feel there's
two is citizens united. there's no way that congress should not vote to get rid of citizens united.o way. so my dissatisfaction is with congress. congress does nothing but keep everybody angry and upset about things, especially immigration. but they're not doing anything about it. they could pass a bill any time they would like. clear up the wall, stop donald trump from talking foolishness by just doing it. hook it to the infrastructure bill. they want the wall, we want our infrastructure...
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role in our political system and i will do, if president, everything that i can to see that this citizens united, supreme court decision is overturned. american democracy is not about billionaires trying to buy elections. >> dickerson: you did something, you went into audience that is not there just to applaud you automatically you went to liberty university, fundamentalist university you brought your same message, one of the things that you said that the audience knew you had disagreement on the question of 'worse on or same sex marriage but asked to put them aside. the inequities, would you have the same message for liberals that on those issues that really stopped fighting about though focus on the big thing which is the economic inequality? >> this is what i said at liberty. this is what i believe. i am pro choice, i've always been pro choice. i am strongly in favor of gay marriage, i know that at liberty university people there have honest disagreements with me. i said, any time when we have grotesque level of income and wealth inequal. all the wealth going to the top 1% when we have the hi
role in our political system and i will do, if president, everything that i can to see that this citizens united, supreme court decision is overturned. american democracy is not about billionaires trying to buy elections. >> dickerson: you did something, you went into audience that is not there just to applaud you automatically you went to liberty university, fundamentalist university you brought your same message, one of the things that you said that the audience knew you had...
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if i get elected i would want to have any judge be pledge to getting rid of citizens united that i careut all the people that are being left behind. i think he's run a model campaign. he's not going to get elected, but i think he, i admire him. >> in terms of joe biden potentially getting into the race, do you know him? what do you think of him? >> i probably only met him once or twice in my life. he's run for president twice. he spent 40 years in politics, nobody runs for president twice and gets to be vice president that doesn't consider running again, if they think they have a chance, a reasonable chance and i'm sure that's what he's weighing, plus he has all the personal problems to deal with i think if he thinks there's a reasonable chance of getting the nomination, think he'll run and. it does get tougher as the weeks go by. >> the personal pronblems, the death of his son? >> yes and his son expressing to him that he hoped he would run. that's an added burden in effect. >> we have been watching donald trump closely and i know we've spoken -- >> you and 320 million other americans,
if i get elected i would want to have any judge be pledge to getting rid of citizens united that i careut all the people that are being left behind. i think he's run a model campaign. he's not going to get elected, but i think he, i admire him. >> in terms of joe biden potentially getting into the race, do you know him? what do you think of him? >> i probably only met him once or twice in my life. he's run for president twice. he spent 40 years in politics, nobody runs for president...
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this decision is known as citizens united.'t so interested in campaign financing until citizens united. ray: yeah, the corporations now can contribute unlimited amounts, and they were very successful, by the way, in contributing before this. can you imagine how successful they're going to be to contribute unlimited amounts? lillian: corporations all of a sudden are human beings, individuals, and can spend without limitation to support their candidates and their programs. this is very scary. narrator: since the privatizing of prisons began in 1980, prison population has increased more than 500%. and incarcerated drug offenders have increased more than 1,200%. russell: most of my friends, uh, went to jail at some point, over drugs. just as these people who are locked up, the prison- industrial complex pays the bills of the politicians, so much so that they either turn their head or they frame it that we're soft on crime if we don't lock these people up. we got to get the money out of politics. the prison-industrial complex, the
this decision is known as citizens united.'t so interested in campaign financing until citizens united. ray: yeah, the corporations now can contribute unlimited amounts, and they were very successful, by the way, in contributing before this. can you imagine how successful they're going to be to contribute unlimited amounts? lillian: corporations all of a sudden are human beings, individuals, and can spend without limitation to support their candidates and their programs. this is very scary....
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says the wealthy can spend their money on first amendment freedom of speech issues and finally citizens united -- i don't think i would go for a constitutional amendment, but i would have justice with my appointments of the supreme court, would take a few there are limits on speech as far as campaign finance goes. i have been a civil libertarian also. i think the money coming into the campaigns is so enormous it is hard for candidates. i am testing that. i am testing running for president without the huge money. the hundreds of millions. let's see how it works out. >> thank you. >> fundraising is an issue. reality of politics is you are up against a lot of well financed candidates particularly one. how do you balance it? >> i have ran for office 11 times. i know you need the resources. but the money is huge and i will not be able to raise that kind. i am spending what i have. i drib to iowa. driver out and back. i am not going to get in debt. i am just going to test someone who has a record of being a governor, mayor, senator, honest, and has a vision of changing the world has a chance without
says the wealthy can spend their money on first amendment freedom of speech issues and finally citizens united -- i don't think i would go for a constitutional amendment, but i would have justice with my appointments of the supreme court, would take a few there are limits on speech as far as campaign finance goes. i have been a civil libertarian also. i think the money coming into the campaigns is so enormous it is hard for candidates. i am testing that. i am testing running for president...
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the supreme court in citizens united was the first step toward the creation of super pac's.t ruling, the supreme court found that the first amendment protected a certain kind of speech and spending and that was the ability of corporations and unions to spend money directly out of their treasuries to impact elections. speech now, a subsequent district rolling after citizens united into than 10 -- in 2010, open the floodgates and triggered super pac's to exist. super pac's are independent expenditure so these are operations that exist outside the candidate campaigns and they cannot coordinate record candidates but they can spend unlimited sums of money independent of this candidate campaigns in order to impact elections and have been since they were formed in 2010. more minutes, the cofounder of run for america and also a senior advisor to the who was of larry lessig running for the democratic nomination. (202)-784-8000 for democrats. (202)-784-8001 for republicans. and all of theirs, (202)-748-8002 -- and all others, (202)-748-8002. also on twitter at c-spanwj. here is a comm
the supreme court in citizens united was the first step toward the creation of super pac's.t ruling, the supreme court found that the first amendment protected a certain kind of speech and spending and that was the ability of corporations and unions to spend money directly out of their treasuries to impact elections. speech now, a subsequent district rolling after citizens united into than 10 -- in 2010, open the floodgates and triggered super pac's to exist. super pac's are independent...
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as a result of the disastrous supreme court decision in the citizens united case, the american politicalsystem -- and i use these words advisedly, has been totally corrupted and the foundations of american democracy are being undermined. [applause] it. and not be as blunt as i am about this issue, but it's just the simple truth. here in new hampshire and my state of vermont, since the inception of our states we have had town meetings in rooms like this. people come together and they argue about the school budget, the roads, and then they vote. one person, one vote. that's called democracy where i come from. what we have now is a result of this supreme court decision where they said to the wealthiest people in this country, ok. you already own much of the economy of america so now we will allow you to own and buy the united states government and that is precisely what they are doing now. what that means is that virtually every presidential candidate has a super pac and the reason they have super pac's is that millionaires and billionaires can spend unlimited sums of money on those campaig
as a result of the disastrous supreme court decision in the citizens united case, the american politicalsystem -- and i use these words advisedly, has been totally corrupted and the foundations of american democracy are being undermined. [applause] it. and not be as blunt as i am about this issue, but it's just the simple truth. here in new hampshire and my state of vermont, since the inception of our states we have had town meetings in rooms like this. people come together and they argue about...
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steve: how transformational was citizens united? what that opinion says is, individual corporations and unions have unlimited power to spend whatever money they happen to have as long as they spend it independently of a political campaign. what that decision did was , where another decision the lower court said if you can spend unlimited amounts of money you should be able to give unlimited amounts of money to a political action committee. it is that decision that created the super pac and if you look at the actual spending the real change isn't so much corporations directly spending their money in the political marketplace, they have discovered there is a certain , whatost to free speech instead has happened is that all this money has been channeled into the super pac. in this election cycle so far, 400 families have given half the money that has been contributed to candidates and super pac's in this cycle so far. that is an extraordinarily small number. it is a banana republic level of democracy and it highlights the way in which
steve: how transformational was citizens united? what that opinion says is, individual corporations and unions have unlimited power to spend whatever money they happen to have as long as they spend it independently of a political campaign. what that decision did was , where another decision the lower court said if you can spend unlimited amounts of money you should be able to give unlimited amounts of money to a political action committee. it is that decision that created the super pac and if...
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we are talking about oligarchy and together we are going to overturn citizens united. [cheering] bernie sanders: i am likely the most progressive member of the united states senate and i am proud of that. it goes without saying that i have very large areas of disagreement with my republican colleagues. that is obvious. but there is one area he goes beyond a disagreement and he goes to an embarrassment. some of you may have seen it just the other day at the republican debate. community isc virtually unanimous. no longer and debate. climate change is real. it is caused by human activity. it is already causing devastating problems in america and around the world. [applause] our republican colleagues are prepared to reject science. that is a dangerous situation for the most powerful country on earth. i will tell you something else. it is not that these guys are dumb, it's that they get their money from the fossil fuel industry. [applause] moree sanders: they are worried about their campaign donations than their kids and their grandchildren. that is a shame. [cheering] we mu
we are talking about oligarchy and together we are going to overturn citizens united. [cheering] bernie sanders: i am likely the most progressive member of the united states senate and i am proud of that. it goes without saying that i have very large areas of disagreement with my republican colleagues. that is obvious. but there is one area he goes beyond a disagreement and he goes to an embarrassment. some of you may have seen it just the other day at the republican debate. community isc...
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e-mail came to light thanks to our next guest, and organization he runs, joining us president of citizens united leading whic conservative david bossy. >> thank you. lou: are you satisfied with ex plan nation? >> this is the way clintons have done business for years and years, people assumed it, but now with these e-mails coming out. that we're getting it has come to light, how we do it. with this malaysia company, shake ceo down to become a paying member to clinton global initiative. that is part and parcel of corruption. >> like the other e-mails, bill asked the state department, president clinton asked about two, we know one of them would have been paid 650 million worth of speech, the congo, as well as north korea. and they did decline them. but, he kept coming back, didn't he? >> they declined them but it was not that, bill clinton didn't want to do them eyou can see -- wjc, bill clinton wants to know whether or not he can accept the $650,000, and put it in foundation. several years ago now foundation was never going to be releases its donor list, only now did they get forced to. >> interes
e-mail came to light thanks to our next guest, and organization he runs, joining us president of citizens united leading whic conservative david bossy. >> thank you. lou: are you satisfied with ex plan nation? >> this is the way clintons have done business for years and years, people assumed it, but now with these e-mails coming out. that we're getting it has come to light, how we do it. with this malaysia company, shake ceo down to become a paying member to clinton global...
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after citizens united, unlimited donations from corporations or unions or individuals can give to a super pac in supportave candidate and they don't coordinate, how come you won't have a super pac? if you want to win it, sir, you gotta be in it. every tool in the chest. don't bring a spoon to a knife fight. ( laughter ). >> stephen, i don't have a super pac. i'm one of the few presidential candidates who does not. because, frankly, i don't support the agenda of corporate america or the billionaire class. i don't want their money. ( cheers and applause ) what i want-- what we are doing, pretty proud of this-- we have over 450,000 different people who have made individual contributions arnlging about $31.20 a piece. that's called a people's campaign, not a billionaire's campaign. and that's the campaign i want to run. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: well, senator, good luck. good luck. how are you doing in my home state of south carolina? >> we're working on it. ( laughter ). >> stephen: that's what every democrat says. bernie sanders is running for president. in 2016. ( cheers and appl
after citizens united, unlimited donations from corporations or unions or individuals can give to a super pac in supportave candidate and they don't coordinate, how come you won't have a super pac? if you want to win it, sir, you gotta be in it. every tool in the chest. don't bring a spoon to a knife fight. ( laughter ). >> stephen, i don't have a super pac. i'm one of the few presidential candidates who does not. because, frankly, i don't support the agenda of corporate america or the...
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and finally, citizens united. i'd go for a constitutional amendment but i certainly would have justice and supreme court and take a view that there are limits on speech as far as confident -- as campaign-finance goes. in this area, i think the money justg into these campaigns is so enormous that it's hard for candidates. at.m testing th i'm testing running for president without the huge money. let's see how it works out. host: thank you. fundraising is an issue. it's the reality of politics. you are up against a lot of well-financed candidates. how do you balance it? mr. chafee: i run for office 12 times, starting local. all of them competitive so i know you need the resources but in this case, money is so enormous. i'm not going to be able to raise that kind of money so i'm just sending what i have. i drive to iowa. i drove out, drove back. not going to get in debt. i'm just going to test with someone who has a record, someone honest and courageous with a vision of peace in the world and someone who has a chance
and finally, citizens united. i'd go for a constitutional amendment but i certainly would have justice and supreme court and take a view that there are limits on speech as far as confident -- as campaign-finance goes. in this area, i think the money justg into these campaigns is so enormous that it's hard for candidates. at.m testing th i'm testing running for president without the huge money. let's see how it works out. host: thank you. fundraising is an issue. it's the reality of politics....
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necessary, i will work to pass a constitutional amendment to undo the supreme court's decision in citizens united. [cheering] [applause] and we democrats believe that, no matter you are, with what look like, what a few practice, or who you love, america has a place for you. and you should have the same opportunity as everyone else to live up to your potential. agenda.ve a great we know what it means to be a democrat. we will fight that against those who will do, say, and spend whatever it takes to turn our country in a very different direction. who watch the republican debate the other night? uttons for punishment, you. 15 candidates. five hours. not a single fighter for the middle class. and the fact checkers are having a field day with their answers. positions are' not just factually inaccurate, they are deeply out of touch and out of date. not one of them offer a credible plan to make college more affordable or combat climate change. did you hear anything about family leave or preschool? >> no. ms. clinton: are what about putting an end to the nonviolence that plagues our communities every sin
necessary, i will work to pass a constitutional amendment to undo the supreme court's decision in citizens united. [cheering] [applause] and we democrats believe that, no matter you are, with what look like, what a few practice, or who you love, america has a place for you. and you should have the same opportunity as everyone else to live up to your potential. agenda.ve a great we know what it means to be a democrat. we will fight that against those who will do, say, and spend whatever it takes...