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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Just 1% of the US population contributed more than $200 to…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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My Plan to Get Money OUT of Politics:

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

Most of that came through super PACs, which are groups that can raise and spend unlimited money to influence elections. Meanwhile, Just 1% of the US population contributed more than $200 to federal political campaigns. Major work needs to be done to fully restore power to the American people. We need to ban super PACs and end citizens United to get the corporations out of our elections. (01:48–01:56)

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Asserts that only 1% of the US population contributed over $200 to federal campaigns.

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