citizens united came up and said, i knew i had to do something. the first case went to the supreme court. we had testimony from former republican office holders. -- we lost on a 5-4 vote which taught me a few things. don't doubt what one justice can do on hugh hassett rheem court. challenge much of the that we have and you have to find another way. i went back to my legislature and we pass this law that said 90 days out from elections, i don't care if you call yourself americans for a miracle or whatever it is, you have to disclose all of the money you are spending in the elections. , americans for koch fundedthe program, they sent the mailers and it even made it to my house. my kids thought it and said, are you that much of a creep? on date 90 it stopped. if we can stop them they are, we could stop them across the country. we have two find a way that people's voices are heard. idea --d out this crazy let's imagine you elect someone to the u.s. senate. how about having him or her do the job half the time? meaning for the first three years of their

many saw citizens united as a dangerous new development, one that blurred the line between citizens andorporations. but a ucla law professor demonstrates in his book it was just the latt in a very long line of victories largely corporations fought for and won sweeping civil rights protections. "we the corporations" is the book. adam winkler is here. welcome. i have to adm, this book was a revelation to find out so many of these things that i really nohadea about. and many of our viewers it seems after reading this 200 year history of corporate rights many of them bad.law, it made one of them wrote in saying her blood was boiling at what was document it. can you sketch out the kinds of rights that corporations have won for themsels over the cades? adam: sure. they have been fighting and winning rights and the supreme court for over 200 years. ev though the supreme court over the years to not really protect the rights of womor or racial mies unti the 1950's, throughout all that time the court was often siding with corporations and corporations were granted the right to sue in cour in the

the citizens united is was january. the citizens united is was january 2009 i guess that's a very important decisions pretty good 2009 i guess that's a very important decisions prim court decision but it has a history and you've got to think about the history court decision but it has a history and you've got to think about the history. of the 4th 14th amendment and has has as a provision of vision as you have said says it is so precious and your right so persons rights can be and for can be pretty and infringed and without with us up to pursue profit loss loss of. will. and the and the intent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok the. tent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok they've got the protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marja protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marginally almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations generally almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations their rights

the citizens united this was january. the citizens united this was january 2009 i guess that's a very important decisions print court decisions as 9 i guess that's a very important decisions prim court decision but it has a history and you've got to think about the history. of ford i bet it has a history and you got to think about the history. of 14th amendment has a provision that says no person's rights can be and into amendment has a provision that says no person's rights can be infringed without due process of law. and the intent fringed without due process of law. and the intent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok they got the protection to look clearly it was to protect freed slaves said ok they have got the protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marginally book i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marginally almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations there are almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations their righ

when citizens united came up. citizens united was the case that said money is speech and corporations have the same rights as people. when that case came down, every single state in the countries that came over. there is absently nothing we can do. democrats controlled both houses of congress and the presidency. they gave speeches about it. they raised money off of it but they did not do a thing. montana had this dark history of barons, these copper kings who controlled every local state and federal election. it was even recognized outside of montana. mark twain talked about william clark and said, clark buys politicians like most people buy food. corruption smells sweet now in montana. and it was. it was a completely captured state. regular folks said enough is sed theand pas corruption act of 1912. it said corporations do not spend or contribute in our elections. we have some of the lowest contribution limits in the nation. i will be darned if elections for 100 years is not about this. people talking to people,

. >> it happens that i was with of citizens learned united decision and she herself and said anything that was critical of the current court, but she commented that they don't understand and this will not work out well. ,f you look at the two opinions i think you can see why citizens united was not an o'connor opinion. first of all, it overturned the decision from seven years ago. it also that the mcconnell opinion that had given great deference to the registered deference whether spending money in campaigns or certain times thed be harmful to raise appearance of corruption and in mcconnell, they had accepted that argument. the thing that would trouble her about citizens united is justice o'connor really try to deal with the four corners of the case presented to her and not make any sleeping comments in far beyond the question presented to the court, so i think if you compare the she it is pretty clear why thought it was a bad opinion. you were in her first crop of law clerks and if there's one asng i learned it was that -- ias justice o'connor could not say terrified, but certainly u

>> no issue is more controversial in wake of citizens united than this idea of corporations as people. but the idea of personhood is actually deeply embedded in law. it's jt the idea that a corporation is its own independent entity in eyes ofan the lais separate and distinct from shareholders andpl ees or investors. that's why if you slip and fall e starbucks, you have to the starbucks company, can't sue individual investors. corporate personhood enables us to hold corporations accountable for crimes. when we sue b.p. oil for the spill in the gulf, we are relying on corporate pnhood to give us an identifiable body to sue and hold responsible. i think what's gone awry in scotus in recent years is that the court has extended rights that don't seeto fit business corporation of today-- things like influence elections, or freedom of religion d giving corporation ability to opt out of certain kinds of t ws. things tst don't seem like they're part of that long history and tradition of corporate personhood. for instance, in the hobby lobby case, the supreme court said a corporation has regiou

so in citizens united came up as ag i knew i had to do something. took the first case up to the u.s. supreme court. we even had testimony from former republican stayedwide office holders what the threat o threat of the spending could do backup we were so excited lost on a 4-3 vote -- or 5-had vote. one which don't ever doubt especially now what one justice can do on the u.s. supreme court. but it also taught me this is at the core of so much of the challenges that we have. you have to find another way. so went back to my legislature at the time and it was about two-thirds republican and passed a law saying 90 out days out from election i don't call if you call yourself americans for america, america, mesh whatever tp you have to disclose all the money you spend in the elections. i'm running for re-election in 201693 days out americans por prosperity, koch-funded group. they did such a great job blanket mailing the state of montana it showed up at the governor's residence. and my three kids are looking at the mailer, like dad are you really that much

no trade cause. >> the thing that bothers me about citizens united in shelby county, is that they goto the root of who participates in our democracy. >> so counting is voting rights. >> right, so it is very hard for me, the closer you get to protecting the sound functioning of our democratic institutions, who votes and who can get to loophole. what things belong to the legislature. the more i would be wheeling to say, that has to be what i did, that is further out from that. out over time. >> constitution center discussions have to end on time. i must say how dazzled i am by the quality of this discussion how grateful i am for it. the point convening supreme court clerks to come to washington. this not just to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the institution, but the model, civil debate about the constitution, to show how people can disagree that went out being disagreeable. i've sat here with two of the greatest judges talking deeply about impeding commentary seriousness of the constitution is a rare trait. the constitution center we say is like working in constitutional heave

they were the ones in the citizens united case who urged transparency. it was justice kavanaugh himself who pointed out that foreign citizens don't have a first amendment right to meddle in our elections. i would now like to recognize the gentleman from maryland who has done so much on our ethics and election reform effort, the gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sarbanes: thank you to chairwoman lofgren. thank you for your incredible work. nobody has done more in this congress to protect our democracy and lift up the voices of everyday americans than zoe lofgren so thank you for yielding. the measure of partisanship here is not whether the republicans have refused to get on this and it's a democratic bill. that's not how you measure partisanship. that's an easy maneuver you decide none of us will get on the bill. it'll be all democrats that are supporting it or voting for it and then we can say it's a partisan bill. the measure of whether something is partisan or not is to go out and talk

hr one come about as a response to the citizens united case?hat: i think the energy came from across the country in response to citizens united is what led to the passage of one. host: lots there. focusing on a couple of those key points. guest: there are four main points. the first, conflict of interest, i think that's the most important one. on that.ally honing in the basic rule says you either have to sell your business interest or recruit yourself from matters related to your company. recuse yourself from matters related to your company. host: previous presidents have voluntarily done that. guest: jimmy carter sold off a peanut farm. there has been nothing like this ever. of course, we have not had a billionaire president before. presidentent and vice should be required to vest themselves. has mike pence to vested himself of conflicts of interest? guest: i think he has. he's not a rich man. he sort of a normal person. he had whatever stock portfolio and he divested himself from conflicts. are talking about the influence of politics and fami

>> we have to overturn citizens united and reform our campaign finance system. i do not think people should unilaterally disarm a situation like this because we have to beat donald trump and he is raising all kinds of dark money but it is a terrible system. follow-up, ask a couple of days ago, mark zuckerberg testified before congress regarding a new policy to put cash on facebook but he was questioned on facebook sad policy-- facebook's ad which has been accused of misinformation. outrageous. they did not even take seriously what the russians did on facebook and now they are saying it not the responsibility to police advertising that is paid for. this is paid for ads and facebook does not feel the need to make sure they are accurate, they are not inciting the american people against each other? it is an outrageous position they have taken. >> in your remarks, you talked about the house republicans, their stunt with using cell phones in the classified area, etc. how do you move forward with the impeachment messaging in a way that gets republicans on board and is

citizens united supporters believe restrictions violate free speech but critics argue the 2010 decision allowed corporations to buy elections ever since. >>> the president is under a lot of criticism this morning, after he ordered american troops in syria to retreat. >> the clearing out to make way for what looks like a turkish invasion. >> it certainly does. the turks are our allies but so, too, marcus, are the people they are likely going to attack, the kurds. president trump cleared the way for the turks to invade in a phone call, and told american troops on the border to get out of the way. that has raised alarm from the pentagon, and from the president's own party. the kurds who again are our allies, could be slaughtered. >> i have fotold turkey if theyo anything outside what have we think is humane, to use the word the second time, we talk about hong kong, we talk about this, they could suffer the wrath of an extremely decimated economy. >> this is video of u.s. troops in the area. now what are the limits that president trump is placing on turkey? what is humane, in his words, and

what happened was in 2010 the supreme court decided citizens united and the blood to fossil fuel people having a completely outside role in their politics where they first set out just in that year trequire every member to sign a climate pledge that said they were going to say that climate change was really if humans were not going to contribute to it so they went out and signed the pledge and ever since then we have been living in a world where if the republicans irepublicans in wask like they are going to do something on climate, they just have to rattle the coins in their pocket because in the supreme coursupreme court we cat 30 million in your next primary and you are going to be dead before the season starts. and that has created this profound corruption of inaction the supreme court in their opinion i use to describe those reading a seventh graders paper and that is insulting to america's seventh graders, so i don't say that anymore, but the ignorance of that opinion where they were so focused on this idea of corruption of action, you give me $5,000 i will go write a bill for you

president of citizens united.mpt on the part of the radical dimms to unseat a president and doing so without any of the protocols and traditions of fair play and due process that always accompanied in three instances the attempt to launch an investigation for impeachment of a president. >> you are exactly right, lou. we have never seen anything like this. behind closed doors, all hidden from the american people's eyes. adam schiff, we know the story. schiff, the group of radical leftists in the house of representatives want to beat donald trump at ballot box next year by using impeachment. if you watched the democratic debate you'll donald trump will decimate whoever comes out of the democratic primaries. they are using the politics of personal destruction. they did it with the russian collusion, and race youist, and now ukraine. lou: the republican leadership in the house of representatives decides to follow along with nancy pelosi. i think they are trying to overthrow him right now. i don't think they want to wa

creates uncertainty and in particular the risk and 1st and foremost for all citizens for european citizens of united kingdom and british citizens living in one of our member states or here the citizens have always been planned will remain our priority that of member states and i can also tell you that will be the case for the european parliamentary system for a very uncertainty for those citizens has been going on for too long thanks to their agreement their rights will at last be guaranteed on a sustainable basis. we also have certainty for a whole host of project leaders receiving funding from the e.u. budget in the 27 member states and in the united kingdom that is because thanks to this agreement financial commitments it already has taken between 28 will still be respected in all of between 28. we also how certain chief will recall and officials and businesses affected by all the other issues involved in a separation of. the 1st press conference again 1st 3 years ago then the social human legal it cannot a matter of technical consequence or to be. numerous so for all these various individuals an

i believe we need to return citizens united and reform our campaign-finance system. i don't think people should unilaterally disarm a situation like this because we have -- he is raising all sorts of dark money but it is a terrible system and it is one we need to change. >> and a follow-up -- a couple of days ago mark zuckerberg testified before congress .egarding a new policy he was questioned on the facebook ad policy which has been accused of misinformation. doesu feel that policy what democratic lawmakers say it does? >> it is outrageous. they did not take seriously what the russians did on facebook and now they are saying it is not their responsibility to police the advertising that is paid for. going toaid for ads the bottom line of facebook and facebook does not feel the need to make sure they are accurate? that they are not lying? for inciting the american people against each other? it is an outrageous position they have taken. >> in your remarks you talked about the house republicans with using cell phones in the classified area. how do you move forward with

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the old decision with the rhythms and precedent and ideas that intervened, to take a case like citizens united perhaps the government could have come in in support of that statute in that case. we have something entirely different. the state is not making a 14th amendment argument. they are asking the court to adopt a rule, the rule they are asking the court to adopt does not require unanimous verdict. five justices in apodaca rejected that argument and the court, 14 other opinions rejected that argument. >> it was unsettled until apodaca. the unanimity question was not settled until apodaca the four of the justices, unanimity -- was that required? >> my -- >> apodaca and the sixth vote that set the precedent requiring unanimity. >> let me say something about before apodaca, before apodaca the court squarely held an arms race in the 1940s that the sixth amendment requires a unanimous verdict. in that case it was in frugal to the holdings. what i understood before the plurality to be sang before apodaca was doing what justice white said it could do which was reconsidered precedents. i would hav

judge sutton: or citizens united. heller, forted plus roe plus shelby county. prof. rosen: then a no trade clause. judge wood: the thing that bothers me about citizens united and shelby county as they go to the root of who participates in our democracy. prof. rosen: shelby county is the voting rights case. judge wood: the closer you get to protecting the sound functioning of our democratic institutions, who votes, who can get to the polls, what things belong to the legislature, the more i would say that has to be protected. something that is further out from that will sort itself out over time. prof. rosen: like your courtrooms, these constitution center discussions have to end on time. i have to say how dazzled i am for this discussion, how grateful. convening former supreme court clerks coming to washington was not just to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the institution but to model how people can disagree without being disagreeable, and to have sat here with two of america's greatest judges, talking about the constitution, is a rare treat. at the constitution c

. >> a lits i litmus test for dems to have a supreme court judge to overturn citizens united that everyocrat -- >> all right, panel coming back we're going to play fake news or florida, and a unusual twist in this crazy 2020 democrat race, bernie sanders campaign announcing vermont senator under went a heart procedure this morning -- 2 stents to be exact. he is canceling all further events until notice. and elizabeth warren continuing her surge in national polls, and getting support with black voters where she had a problem, allowing her to cut into joe biden's lead more, does bernie have a chance to bounce back in polls or is it potentially biden versus warren at-this-point, joining me to discuss, co-host of the 5, juan williams welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> so, no one wants to hear this news. and i have to acknowledge, that bernie sanders is an incredible campaigner. any human with that passion should be so lucky to his platform and his energy, and i think it goes to show no matter how old you are, toll that trail takes on your body, can he come back from this. >> he can. b

confirming what human rights groups including amnesty international as well as others such as the citizen lambert united toronto and many more have been saying for a long time which is that the surveillance industry as it currently stands is completely unregulated and the way that this powerful cyber weapons essentially are being sold to governments around the world and then misused abused to target human rights activists journalists is really having a crippling impact on civil society and on them it ability of human rights groups to do their work and really from our perspective this is now just latest confirmation and if the group really shouldn't have an expert license to talk because it's currently just not stay for human rights even if the company loses export license which is what the action is is seeking does that mean that users of of apps and mobile phones a safe well of course any group is really just one company of many that operate in this very shady currently under my deleted industry and so you know well we consider them to be currently one of the most dangerous and prolific of the of the c

united states of america. they children become citizens of the united states of america.here was, the most restrictive immigration laws of the 1920's, no bar on the hemisphere. mexicans are moving back and forth across the borders easily. there is no barrier for them. during the world war ii period, it is clear that with so many americans going off to war, there is a need for extra labor. there is a need for planting, harvesting. so there is a program called the which, as them, film said, means working with one's arms and body. it goes from 1942 until 1964. in general, there were about 200,000 workers per year moving back and forth, during the entire period, approximately 4.8 million. they performed critical functions in the american economy in terms of our agricultural cycle. they had other jobs as well. the reaction to the bracero s is not wonderful on the part of many americans who really resent them because they seem to be taking jobs away from a native born americans, although they really are not during this period. and for all kinds of racial reasons that have nothi

for example, to take his like citizens united, perhaps become good at come in in the case and made other first amendment arguments in support of that statute in that case. here the state is not making a 14th amendment argument. that asking the court to adopt a rule, that the six minute to stop a car unanimous verdict. five justices and apodaca square rejected that argument. so i think this is different in kind. >> it was unsettled until apodaca. the unanimity question was not settled until apodaca, right? because four of the justices thought unanimity was not required, four thought it was. so it was apodaca, the fifth vote being powell's vote. and set the president for you to require a unanimity in federal trials. >> let me say something about before apodaca and did after. before apodaca the quartets squarely held in the 1940s the sixth amendment requires a unanimous verdict. what i understood the justice probably be saying and apodaca was doing that justice whited said in a in a footnote and dun mcadoo, which is reconsidered the old precedence. >> thank you, counsel. ms. mural. >> mr. c

i think a national referendum, the end of citizens united.corporate strangle hold and then invest in people. mr. trump does everything he can to take money away from supporting american people, whether it's education, whether it's research, whether it's health care. in every single case he's trying to reduce taxes and reduce the support for the american people. when the american people succeed, america succeeds. i look at those as investments in the future and in our success. >> that is your recipe to defeat donald trump, but you can't get to the stage unless you can push the democratic candidates out of the way. >> this is going to come down to the economy. we're going into a weakening economy. if you're reading the same statistics i am, luyou look at e car sales from last week, they're down 10% to 12 the% year to year. everybody is going to be looking for one, who can beat trump, continue the prosperity and make it much more broadly shared. and if you look at everybody's background, they've succeeded in, i've spent ten years taking on the c

what they have bully iing the c the united states and start working for the citizens. i'm a democrat. i'm ashamed of what's going on. they have done nothing since trump has been in. it's just totally ridiculous. the citizens of the united states are paying this bill and making all these attorneys richer while us poor people and -- i'm running out of time so i'll have him respond with you. >> i understand tom's frustration. i work here, so i see so many things i'd like to be work iing on. for me it's transportation and infrastructure. people spend hours on the roadway. i understand the frustration. but i have a a message which is you can't lose faith. your statement that nothing has gotten done is is wrong. it's not true. and i'm not going to sort of fill a bunch of balloons and say everything is working fine down here pz but under donald trump, we got a major commitment. it's killing people every year. the government came together and made funds available to municipalities to put senator can in police cars. number two, the congress came together just a year ago. people

convicted by a non-unanimous verdict in puerto rico comes here and he says, looking i am a citizen of the united states, and the only reason why i was able to be convicted by a non-unanimous verdict is, are these old insular cases that reflect attitudes of the day and at the end of the -- in the aftermath of the spanish-american and just as you brushed aside apodaca you should brush aside insular cases. >> those were majority cases from the court. based on view that haechbt been disregarded or left hyped in the jurisprudence. the last point i would leave you with is that this is not an ordinary starry desizis case. >> thank you counsel. case is submitted. >>> in plimtime tonight here on c-span3 a discussion with robert wilkie on improvements at the v.a. tonight at 8:00 eastern. following that at 9:00 a house hearing held in chicago on gun violence, its causes and its impact on the community. lawmakers heard from doctors, the owner of a funeral home, and a woman who lost both her son and brother to gun violence. that will be tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span3. tomorrow live courage with the

citizens united, good government group, just issued a statement pointing out in 2016, biden said, hebernie sanders not to take money from a super pac because if you do, quote, people can't possibly trust you. three years ago. why has biden changed his mind? >> they don't even have to go back that far. as recently as april he was tweeting he wouldn't take money from a super pac. that wasn't how he viewed how elections should run right now. clearly things have changed. why? they're hemorrhaging cash as you say. once you pass iowa and new hampshire where is he not doing as well, particularly with the white college educated voters, they think that the working class nonwhite coalition and democratic states will stick with them. they also don't think they're motivated that much by the anti-wall street messages of warren and sanders. they think that they have that constituency kind of locked down if only they can survive to that point. they know this is going to cause them some attacks, particularly from the more progressive or left wing candidates. they think their constituencies really do

it is likely they were european citizens. the united kingdom is a part of that. there is freedom of movement. they could have traveled t the legal way onto this island. it is common for refugees trying to get into the united kingdom onto this island t the back ofoe lorry. another truck was found with ninine people on board. they all luckily survived. these 39 here did not. brent: that happened in the last couple of hours. another truck found with nine people inside who are alive. what about the driver of the truck of the 39 victims? what have policemen able to tell us? charlotte: he is a 25-year-old northern irishman. he is in custody on suspicion of murder. the big question is how much did the driver really know. i have been trucking -- talking to drivers. this is a common spot for lorry drivers to stop. you often don't even know what is in the back. his lorry belonged to an irish company, it was licensed in bulgaria. we don't think the truck originated there. the container, that is a different part. it was picked up by this lorry driver in england already. it w

and his wife have been married for 43 years and have two adult children and our naturalized citizens of the united states. the first presbyterian church was the first church organized in the capital of south carolina and will celebrate its semicentennial next year. the largest congregation of the associate reform presbyterian senate with over 3,000 members. it was established in 1798 with federal legislators along with cunningham who founded the mount vernon ladies association in 1853. saving president george washington's home from collapse. also interred are president woodrow wilson's parents. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. price: madam speaker, rise today to congratulate the north carolina courage for their second straight national women's soccer legal champions

. >> you are talking about an amendment to reverse citizens united. i don't know how you get a constitutional amendment done in this day and age. but you want to change the way money gets into politics. >> yes. for this proposal, you can't raise money or run for re-election until half your term is over. that's just a statutory change. what i do for folks, i wish washington, my representatives would be focussed on me not chasing the money. this could change us, long term i think we need the 28th amendment, though. >> what do you do to stay in the race? >> i think, you know, four months from now is when iowa first expresses their preferences, and i'm going to go each and every day. we have to make sure not only can we beat donald trump but bridge some of the divides we have here. >> good to talk to you, sir. i'm glad you came in. thank you for your thought you put into campaign finance reform, it's something we don't talk enough about but probably should. >> thank you for having me today. >> governor steve bullock, a presidential candidate. >>> presiden

overturn citizens united. democracy is not for sale. [cheers and applause] so there it is.t want three things. attack the corruption head on. make a couple of structural changes in our economy. and protect our democracy. three things. and here's the thing. those three things to me are all related to the same question. who gets opportunity in this country? who gets a chance to build a future? who has that opportunity? you know, you're born into wealth and privilege, you will have plenty of opportunities, but not so much for everyone else. those three and we make this a country of opportunity for everyone. so understand this. for me, this is the heart of it. opportunity for every single one of our children to get a first rate education. there it is. [cheers and applause] opportunity. opportunity to get a good job. opportunity to be able to start your own business. opportunity, opportunity. remember, i'm a special needs teacher. opportunity may mean opportunity to live independently. [laughter] [applause] opportunity. opportunity to love who you love and build the family you w

this is the big confusion with citizens united which is money and speech are not the same thing. they may at times be parallel and we can have much more robust public space if we remove some of the influence of money in it. all that dorsey is saying it should be the potency of one's ideas that should draw the traffic not the size of one's wallet. >> come on guys. david: every time we come up with a new law with money in politics we always end up with more money in politics. >> here's the problem, in terms of the way twitter works, there's already a mechanism via algorithms, via who is ever popular that pushes certain messages higher. there are a lot of people who are getting paid to deliver messages and not tagging them as ads. this is already going on all over the platform. why not participate in it if you are somebody -- if you are twitter, why not capture that revenue because this is already happening all over the platform? david: russell, i didn't realize you were still with. what do you think about this? >> political advertising especially when it comes to twitter and facebo

private money from our federal elections including through a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens unitede era of unbridled spending by super pacs and added quote, until we have these badly needed reforms, we will see more than a billion in spending by trump and his allies to re-elect this corrupt president, and let's be clear, donald trump has decided that the general election has already begun. before launching his candidacy, biden had publicly said he would reject the support of any outside super pac tweeting in april quote this, i've said it before and i'll say it again, to speak to the middle class, we need to reject the super pac system. that's exactly what this campaign is doing. the former vice president in 2018 also claimed he was the person who told senator bernie sanders not to accept super pac money during the campaign. >> if you take a look at my position -- >> how do you see going forward. >> my position is a hell of a lot closer to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders on some of the economic positions. i sat with bernie, i'm the guy who told him, you shouldn't accept any mon

the congress has passed campaign finance reform to get rid of citizens united. the congress is willing to pass an infrastructure bill. we're willing and will pass a prescription drug bill to lower prescription costs. so we are willing to have the president to work with the president on these issues. but mitch mcconnell hasn't brought a single one of these bills up for a vote in the senate. >> the oversight committee that you on which you serve is involved very directly in the impeachment inquiry. we're trying to make sense just for our viewers about the roles of intel and the role of the judiciary committee, the role of the oversight committee. what's the role of the oversight committee? >> well, the oversight committee will continue internal investigations, the fact-finding investigation, the public hearings will largely be led by adam schiff and the intelligence committee. and then all of the committees will submit our evidence to judiciary and chairman naddler will draw up the articles of impeachment. it's important to note in the resolution we passed today,

judges and citizens assess and debate the political power of corporations especially after the citizens unitedook is "we the corporations" by law professor and author adam winkler. as always we hope you'll read along and join us and other readers on our web site and our facebook page for now read this. our book club partnership with "the new york times." >> woodruff: finally an excerpt from our facebook watch show, "that moment when." netflix has just released actor ben platt's new series "the politician" and in this episode he discusses how he chooses the roles he plays. it is also part of our "canvas" series. >> what's the first thing you look for when you read a script? with theater, i think the first thing i look at is sort of the trajectory of the character because i feel like when you're doing a piece of theater and you're getting to live, it kind of from beginning to end, so much of what's sort of bite- into-able about it is the change or sort of the journey that you get to go through every night cause it's going to be something you're doing eight times a week theoretically. and with fi