While the two parties continually squabble over trivial
issues and are unable to unite over policies that might positively impact the living
standards of the majority of Americans, they managed to agree on one piece of
legislation – one that would funnel large sums of money into political party
coffers. In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, as reported in the New York
Times, the leaders of the duopoly were
able to agree on the inclusion of a rider to the current spending bill that
would “allow wealthy donors to begin giving more than $1 million every election
cycle to each party’s national committees”.
Campaign finance reform groups described it as “the most
corrupting campaign finance provisions ever enacted”. In a letter
to Obama, they write:
In a
“bipartisan” unholy alliance, Senator Reid and Senator McConnell joined with
House Speaker John Boehner to secretly insert into the Omnibus bill the destructive
campaign finance provisions, which were unknown to the public and members of
Congress until the day the bill was filed in the House. These provisions
eviscerate the existing party contribution limits.
We were
extremely disappointed that the White House issued a statement on Thursday
saying that you intend to sign the Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Further evidence, if any was needed, of the utter moral bankruptcy
of the two-party system.
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