Episode 2: Our Democracy with Rick Hubbard

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Description

The strategy of pressing Congress to enact broad reform has failed in the past and is continuing to fail, yet hundreds of nonprofit advocacy organizations are currently pressing Congress to pass legislation and to propose a 28th constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United and rid politics of the corrupting influence of money.

Even if Citizens United were overturned, it will not rid politics of the corrupting influence of money. Political contributions from the few, raised the old way, have been corrupting Congressional outcomes for decades, well before Citizens United further opened the floodgates.

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Summary

Production Date: 03/29/2018
Catalog Number: none
Archive Number: mp321
Series: none
Length: *0:45:55
Town: Burlington
Geography: National
Event Type: General
Content Type: Live@5:25
Live Type: Channel 17

Airtimes

1 Thursday March 29, 2018 at 5:25 PM
2 Friday March 30, 2018 at 7:00 PM
3 Saturday March 31, 2018 at 10:10 PM
4 Sunday April 1, 2018 at 3:10 AM
5 Sunday April 1, 2018 at 9:10 AM
6 Sunday April 8, 2018 at 6:00 PM
7 Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 1:00 PM
8 Saturday April 21, 2018 at 5:30 AM
9 Saturday April 21, 2018 at 11:30 AM

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Aidan White

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