MI Congressional representatives, past and present: on Government Reform

Marcia Squier: Repeal Citizens United; publicly fund campaigns

Marcia Squier: I would wholeheartedly support an amendment that would repeal Citizens United. We desperately need to get the money out of politics. Campaigns should be publicly funded. Campaign donations should be strictly limited and enforced. Broadcasting stations and journalists should should be banned from making donations, as well as the companies that produce anything related to the electoral process, such as the voting machine manufacturers, which by the way, I believe should be banned in favor of hand-counted paper ballots, or at the very least, open-sourced coding software with audit-able paper trails and independent oversight. For my campaign, I am not soliciting campaign donations at this time.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence (Dem.): Yes, I firmly believe we need campaign finance reform.

Mike Bishop: Make state legislature part-time, with pay cuts

• Supports a Part-time Legislature
  Since 1999, Mike Bishop has led the fight to make Michigan's legislature a part-time legislature. Mike sponsored legislative action several times throughout the years when he was in the legislature to enact a part-time legislature. Mike believes that the legislature would be best served being a citizen-driven part-time legislature.
• Cutting elected officials' salaries
  As a legislator, Mike Bishop sponsored legislation to cut public official salaries, including his own as a Senator.
• 100% Attendance Record Fighting for Conservative Principles
  Mike Bishop never missed a vote in all his years as a state legislator and has a 100% attendance record. He is a principled conservative who has fought for us.