And in that role, I helped craft comprehensive campaign finance reform. You may have heard of it. McCain, Feingold, Shay's, Meehan. Because Dark money was corrupting our democracy. It was creating more polarization and taking power away from voters. Something that's sadly still happening to this day and at levels we never could have imagined before the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. Getting this legislation signed into law was an enormous lift. (06:47–06:55)
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Asserts that dark money is corrupting democracy and increasing polarization.
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