Vermont Legislature Passes Resolution Challenging Citizens United | Common Dreams

22.4.12

Vermont Legislature Passes Resolution Challenging Citizens United | Common Dreams: The vote in the state House passed 92-40, just one week after the Vermont Senate approved it 26-3. The resolution argues for an amendment that establishes that money is not speech and corporations are not people. In addition to those passed in New Mexico and Hawaii, similar resolutions have passed at least one chamber in California, Alaska and Iowa.

“By fighting so passionately, Vermonters have put the state on the map as opposing corporate influence in our elections. Public Citizen is proud to have played a coordinating role with our Vermont partners in this movement victory,” said Aquene Freechild, senior organizer with Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People campaign. “The Vermont Legislature is the third state legislature to formally call for an amendment. I have no doubt it will be among the first to ratify.”