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Released: January 16, 2013
Citizen United ruling opened door to $933 million in new election spending
Source: By Reity O’Brien and Andrea Fuller, The Center for Public Integrity (MSNBC.com) (Free Registration)
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashed nearly $1 billion in new political spending in the 2012 election, with media outlets and a small number of political consulting firms raking in the bulk of the proceeds.
Spending records released by the Federal Election Commission show that throughout the 2012 election, corporations, unions and individuals that could take advantage of the high court’s ruling were responsible for about $933 million of the estimated $6 billion spent during the contest.
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