mckissick and mckissick. i apologize for the voice. it is allergies.lso note that your son is in the audience. i note that for when someone is searching through the mckissick archives, they see that. >> thank you. it is a privilege to be here. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify. i am a longtime resident of north carolina. serving inhonor of north carolina where i represent their own and granville county. durhamere i represent and granville counties. i entered politics for the same reason many of you did. sought ways that north carolina's government could work more effectively. in 2010, americans for prosperity, a group funded by spent moneythers, in north carolina. a new organization sprang up called real jobs north carolina spent almost $4.5 million. overall, three quarters of all of the outside money in state races that money were tied to one man, art pope. they poured money into 22 targeted races. backed onetes they in 18 of those races. in 2012, 8.1 million dollars flooded into the governor's race. a large portion of that money was

he is the deputy minority leader as well as -- for mckissick and mckissick.i apologize for the voice. it is allergies. i also note that your son is in the audience. i note that for when someone is searching through the mckissick archives, they see that. >> thank you. it is a privilege to be here. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify. i am a longtime resident of north carolina. i have the honor of serving in north carolina where i represent durham and granville counties. i entered politics for the same reason many of you did. i sought ways that north carolina's government could work more effectively. in 2010, americans for prosperity, a group funded by the koch brothers, spent money in north carolina. a new organization sprang up called real jobs north carolina spent almost $4.5 million. overall, three quarters of all of the outside money in state races that money were tied to one man, art pope. they poured money into 22 targeted races. the candidates they backed one in 18 of those races. in 2012, 8.1 million dollars flooded into the governor's r

senator mckissick, the story of her constitution has been one of progressive inclusion as i read it. in fact, our founding fathers believed only white land owners should be allowed to purchase but in our elections. each generation of america has been expand on our -- our march towards a more perfect union. we amended the constitution many times to ensure our representatives of democracy, 14th and 15th amendments, for example, they transform the constitution, guaranteed equal protection of the law for all americans, and they prohibited the freedom of the right to vote on the basis of race. the 17th amendment gave americans a right to elect senators of their choosing. because there was a concern that corporations were corrupting our state legislature, so they would elect senators who would beholden to those corporations. continue with the 19th amendment, the right to vote for women. the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, 20 sixth amendment extension to extend the vote to young people. i mention all those because they mark progress on the path of the inclusion, to

my name is floyd mckissick jr, a long-time represent of north carolina. i represent durham and glanville counties. i first entered the legislature in 2007. my time there can be roughly divided into two different periods, before citizens united and after. i entered politics the same reason i'm sure many of you did. i saw ways north carolina's government could work more effectively, to make a difference for the people in my community who needed a hand up, a solid education, better jobs and safer communities. all that changed after citizens united. in 2010 alone, americans for prosperity, a group funded in large part by the coke brothers bid more than $250,000 in north carolina. a new organization sprang up called real jobs north carolina spent almost $1.5 million. overall, 3/4 of all the outside money in state races that year were tied to one man, art pope. pope and his associates poured money into 22 targeted races and the candidates they backed won in 18 of those races. in 2012, $8.1 million in outside money flooded into the governor's race. a large porti

mckissick has in the 40 mi. an hour range tomorrow. the stick it looked at those wins tomorrow.is is when the wind will peak temperature why is there is similar to the most sought out there to that it getting out to 86 degrees in morgan hill tomorrow. '60s and '70s and son of the bay. the bill in the low sixties in may and '80s to the north that. and the cooler: even more and wednesday and thursday as the storm approaches us. >> reporter: the threat is over the quake was just off the aleutian island some of the affected areas were told they could see ocean novels rise just a little bit. no reports of any damage as a result of this quake. >> catherine: there was a lot of debate on the efficiency required by law to have the figure letters and retail stores. the panel issued its unanimous decision the family of a southern california woman the died and the target store that argued they should have >> pam: the result is pretty embarrassing. >> reporter: shot down to popular mobile apps thing they are illegal if you use these apps you slept with a big fine. it at 8:00 p.m. i will spea

mckissick, and was able to speak dinner and hear about all the things that you have talked about today in terms of the effect of the big money in north carolina and some of the policies that we have seen and what was of particular concern was getting rid of the same-day registration. whether we elected a republican jesse venturer, and independence, the fact that we have people participate matters, and the fact that that in northcut back carolina matters a lot. i was interested in hearing mr. abrams talk about how this should not be about bad policies, and i would agree. what we're trying to get at here a line heree is between what is corruption and what is not corruption and what this leads to. this is not defined in the supreme court case. for me is the basis for why we have to look at this constitutional amendment. i don't think anyone thinks the idea of a proposed 28th amendment in the constitution lightly, but we know there have been times in our history where congress has needed to act restore our understanding of the constitutional rights of every day people and everyday people a

senator mckissick, one of the things that's been raised consistent will is that we ought to let a thousand flowers bloom here. we've been chided by saying we're not being good liberals by not expanding this. when it comes to the issue of north carolina and this gentleman mr. pope whom i have not met, it appears that he was responsible for 72% of all outside spending in your state in the year 2010, the 2010 election. instead of really being an open process in north carolina, it turned out to be a very elite situation, elite situation where his wealth gave him more power than the average person living in north carolina to express his political will. could you comment on what has happened to the north carolina political process because of this favoritism toward the elite? >> i think as a result of our capacity to give millions and millions of dollars, he tainted the whole election process in many respect because he had influence substantially disproportional to the number of people who shared his believes. when it comes to the political process as we've seen it today, there are many people wh