PBS News Hour: on Government Reform

Steve Bullock: Overturn Citizens United; ban SuperPACs

Bullock's campaign is centered on eliminating the influence of money in politics. He supports overturning Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that lifted restrictions on corporate political spending. Bullock is also in favor of banning on Super Political Action Committees, or Super PACs, and wants companies to disclose their political donations. In 2015, he signed a bill in Montana with the support of Republican state lawmakers requiring "dark money" groups to report their election spending. Source: PBS News Hour 2020, "Where the candidate stands on 9 issues" May 15, 2019

Bernie Sanders: Require disclosure of campaign expenditures over $10,000

In 2016, Sanders refused corporate donations and relied on small donors to fund his White House campaign. He has proposed a constitutional amendment that would effectively reverse the Supreme Court's Citizen United ruling and ban corporations and nonprofits from unlimited campaign expenditures. The independent senator would also require any organization to disclose election-related campaign expenditures of $10,000 or more. Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Feb 19, 2019

Bill Weld: Blow up unnecessary state agencies

Economy and government: Supports cutting taxes and reigning in spending. Opposes Trump's tariffs.
A fiscal conservative, as Massachusetts' governor Weld reigned in spending, cut taxes some 15 times, and vetoed minimum wage hikes.
He's a free trader who said in 2016 that candidate Donald Trump's "huge unilateral tariffs" would damage the world economy.
Weld promised to "blow up" unnecessary state agencies after taking office as governor in 1991. As a Libertarian candidate in 2016, he pledged to cut the federal government by 20 percent to reduce waste.

Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Feb 15, 2019

Amy Klobuchar: Honest Ads Act: no more foreign meddling in elections

Klobuchar introduced the Honest Ads Act with former Arizona Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., in response to Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The bill requires advertisement buys and publishers to publicly disclose information about the ad in order to ensure transparency and accountability. Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Feb 10, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand: Overturn Citizens United; refuse corporate PAC donations

Campaign finance: Overturn Citizens United. Refuse corporate PAC donations.
Gillibrand would reverse the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed for nearly unlimited campaign contributions from corporate and non-profit organizations.
She supports a constitutional amendment to change the law.
The New York senator is also among several prominent Democrats who have pledged to not accept donations from corporate Political Action Committees, or PACs.

Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 16, 2019

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*2020 Presidential contenders on Government Reform:*
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