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Chris Murphy: “We should be for as a party, a constitutional amendment to…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 32:50

A, our ideas are not big enough. They're just not big enough. The problems that people are facing are enormous today. And so I'll give you an example. We should be for as a party, a constitutional amendment to ban billionaire, corporate and anonymous money from our politics. Right. That's what we should be for as a party. A minimum wage increase to $17 is not enough. Right. People need a $25 minimum wage at least to live in this country. (32:50–32:59)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party should support a constitutional amendment to ban certain types of money in politics.

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