House panel to hold hearing on campaign finance decision

[jefferson_dem]

House panel to hold hearing on campaign finance decision
By Jordan Fabian - 01/21/10 02:16 PM ET

The Committee on House Administration announced Thursday that it will hold a hearing next month on a Supreme Court decision that significantly altered campaign finance law.

Rep. Robert Brady's (D-Pa.) panel became the second congressional committee to say it will hold a hearing on the Court's decision to lift limits on corporate spending on politics.

"I will be working directly with my colleagues, the leadership and the White House to study the Court’s decision and to put together a timeline for legislative action that ensures the Court’s decision will not define the ways elections are conducted in 2010," Brady said in a statement.

Brady criticized the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission as an edict that "laid waste to measures that prohibit these entities from exercising massive and unchecked influence over the American voting system."

Senate Rules Committee chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) also said Thursday that his panel will convene a hearing and said he will introduce legislation to mitigate the Court's decision.

Two Republican leaders praised the decision.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/77385-house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-campaign-finance-decision

[gateley]

1. So good to hear --thanks. nt

[NJmaverick]

2. Go get them guys!

[Cali_Democrat]

3. The Supreme Court just slit this country's throat. n/t

[rockymountaindem]

4. Well, I guess just when you thought there was no difference between the parties...

At least one of our guys wants to hold hearings while McConnell and Cornyn are happy as clams. Not that this makes everything okay, but it's the first hopeful sign I've seen since this morning.

[tridim]

5. Good to hear, but wont the corporations just use their new powers to shut it down?

That's the whole point of this bullshit ruling.

[MUAD_DIB]

6. That would depend on if the SCOTUS ruling is immediate.

[uponit7771]

15. +1

[alsame]

7. I'm not too optimistic with Schumer at the helm - he'll want to make

sure there's a 'level playing field' for the corporations.

[SunsetDreams]

8. Go Get 'Em Dems! I see red meat!

[doc03]

9. This is something even the Teabaggers should be behind

but I doubt it. I am waiting to see what that f-----g Beck says, I know what Limbaugh will say.

[Jennicut]

10. Beck co opted the anger of the teaparties and put it toward getting the neo cons back in power

again. The teabaggers originally influenced by Ron Paul, as nutty as they are, actually did want corps out of the political arena. But these people called themselves The Tea Party to begin with, not the smartest bulbs on the planet.

[treestar]

11. McCain might cross over for this

[nini]

12. they better do something or a Dem will never win another election

they can't be wimps on this one and expect to even be around in the future.

[BP2]

13. Has McCain weighed in yet if he would support bipartisan campaign finance reform again, or

is he too busy picking out the kitchen granite for his new corporate-financed summer home
now that the Supreme Court has overturned his and Feingold's law?

If we don't get at least 60 Senate votes on this, it sadly isn't going anywhere fast.

[uponit7771]

14. Damn, good to know they gonna at least ACT like they're doin somethin