Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted against eliminating the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
“At a time when unemployment is too high and middle class families are still hurting from the economic recession, Americans want Congress to be focused on creating jobs and getting the economy moving again.
“Instead of working to reduce unemployment and get the economy back on track, my colleagues in Congress want to take power away from the public and give corporations and special interests more influence in presidential elections and party conventions.
“Congress needs to enact meaningful campaign finance reform that will stop the flow of secret, unlimited, undisclosed money into campaigns, not open up the flood gates to special interest dollars in our presidential elections and conventions. I support restoring transparency and accountability to our electoral process so voters can follow the money and know who is behind political advertisements.”
