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High Court Strikes Corporate Spending Ban

The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted long-held bans on corporate and union involvement in federal elections, ruling that outside groups can spend unlimited sums on television advertising and other campaign expenditures.

“The court has recognized that the First Amendment applies to corporations … and extended this to the context of political speech,” the justices ruled in the narrow 5-4 decision.

Originally heard by the court last June, the Supreme Court asked to re-hear the case last fall during Sonia Sotomayor’s first appearance on the bench.

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They’ll do anything to jam this healthcare bill down our throats. Including budget gimmicks. #healthcare

I find it surreal that they are this tone deaf.

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Reconciliation for Health Care Gaining Steam

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said House and Senate leaders are moving rapidly to try to salvage a health care reform bill that no longer has the votes for final passage in the Senate.

Baucus said leaders were “trying to find a way to move very quickly and to basically satisfy the concerns of both the Senate and the House.” He added, “We’ve got to figure out, you know, how we put the two pieces together, by two pieces I mean the House and the Senate approaches and we’re working on that right now. We’ll find a way.”

Baucus and House leaders indicated that using complex budget reconciliation rules might be the preferred method to get the bill across the finish line. Reconciliation bills cannot be filibustered and require only a simple majority, or 51 votes, to pass the Senate.

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