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Hillary Clinton says she would support a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform
MONTICELLO, Iowa -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for changes to the nation's campaign finance system, saying here Tuesday that she would support a constitutional amendment if that's what it takes to fix what she called a "dysfunctional" system.
Holding her first official campaign event at Kirkwood Community College in rural Monticello, Clinton identified campaign finance reform as one of several pillars of her 2016 presidential campaign.
"We need to fix our dysfunctional political system and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all -- even if it takes a constitutional amendment," Clinton said in opening remarks at a roundtable event with Kirkwood students and instructors.
The 2016 presidential election is expected the be the most expensive in U.S. history, with super PACs and campaigns likely to spend billions of dollars.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/04/14/hillary-clinton-says-she-would-support-a-constitutional-amendment-on-campaign-finance-reform/
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)But that stuff is easy to say, especially when a constitutional amendment has a snowball's chance in hell of getting through.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)blm
(113,094 posts)there is more to supporting her candidacy than just settling for the inevitable.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Although after the 2000 debacle we Dem's still don't see any problems.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Absolutely nothing else changes till we get the money out of politics. I dunno how hard Hillary Clinton will push this, but I give her props for making this part of the conversation.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)But, I'm not holding my breath for her to put her money where her mouth is.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)I guess no one bothers to ask a natural follow up question. Of course that allows everyone to project their own views onto Clinton.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)whether conservative or liberal, who would not
say something like this. Thus: not impressed.
She knows very well how hard such an amendment
could be realized, and that the POTUS has no say
about it.