Citizens United Constitutional Amendment Backed By Vermont Legislature

WASHINGTON -- Vermont has become the third U.S. state to pass a resolution calling on Congress to amend the Constitution to get money out of politics and reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allows unlimited corporate money in politics.The resolution passed the Vermont House 92-40 on Thursday, one week after the state Senate approved it 26-3.Aquene Freechild, the senior organizer in Vermont for Public Citizen's Democracy Is For People campaign, called the passage of the resolution "absolutely amazing."Read More... More on Video

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