With only two weeks left before the Senate goes out of session for the month of October, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has decided to waste time – time that could be spent working on funding our government. Instead, Reid chose to focus the bulk of the week highlighting a measure that would restrict the First Amendment to the Constitution.
This theoretical approach is just that, wasting time to put on a show in hopes of sending a message to the American people on the 2010 Citizens United decision – a decision in which the Supreme Court ruled that political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government cannot keep corporations from spending money in elections.
So, with little likelihood of passing, Leader Reid continues his vendetta against campaign spending at the expense of productivity.
The Senate is also rehashing the Paycheck Fairness bill that the chamber voted down in April.
To view CWA’s letter of opposition on Paycheck Fairness, click here.