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[...] they propose that no domestic corporations with foreign shareholders of more than 20% or foreigners on their board of directors could engage in independent political advocacy, i.e., political speech. [...] Schumer and Van Hollen's ban on political advocacy isn't extended to Uberai nonprofit corporations that get government funding like Planned Parenthood or unions like the American Federation of Government Employees that have government employees as members.
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Off-Base Liberals Would Undo Citizens United
Citizens United v. FEC restored the 1st Amendment and upheld the right to free speech and the right to freely associate. It overturned part of the McCain-Feingold law and a wrongly decided prior opinion that had upheld a ban on independent political advocacy by corporations (including nonprofit associations).
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