6) Campaign Finance Reform Ii (The President And The House) Poem by Otradom Pelogo

'The major players will be the Executive Office, Congress and the interests groups which closely monitor legislation, the Supreme Court and most important, the voters. Although most Americans agree with corporate protection under the Freedom of Speech clause of the First Amendment, they inadvertently now have one more issue to worry about, if their votes will continue to count'

In addition, along with the President and the House, their many supporters demand assurance that corporations, their lobbyists and interest groups aren't the ones running the government. Ironically enough, campaign finance reform, may be as valuable as corporate dollars to those who want to see checks and balances put upon corporate spending. Although many worry about what will happen with the sudden inpouring of big corporate money, attention must be given to the fact that the ability to raise funds is directly related to the level of support which a candidate receives; funds from corporations or individuals go mainly to ads, staff, office space and publicity campaigns. Yet the question still remains; with so much money now available from big corporations to candidates, will it influence the way congress vote? ("US Senate Campaign Funds Uneven In Ohio",2009) Can campaign finance reform bring enough transparency with it where everyone will feel comfortable with the Supreme Court's decisions on corporate spending and the Freedom of Speech clause? This is the question that will be on everyone's mind.

Deciding which side of the debate over the Supreme Court's decisions, which clarified the Freedom of Speech clause of the First Amendment, will have been right. Subsequently to make that First Amendment-Freedom of Speech clause clear it had to overturn the three major decisions mentioned earlier: the Citizen United vs. FEC, Austin vs. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the McCain Feingold Act. Also, all three issues [freedom of speech, corporate spending and possible corruption] that sprung up from those decisions which have made many Americans skeptical, will also be at center stage where the spending of corporate money [or rather more spending of corporate money] will manifest its effects on the democratic electoral process as a whole. Unlimited corporate spending will warrant more campaign finance reform and ease the fears of overwhelming corruption spreading throughout the electoral process.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election, as will be 36 of the 100 Senate seats... and there are a lot of examples of someone rich who does not win, but, generally, those who raise the most money tend to be the winners, says Bill Buzenberg, executive director of the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington, which tracks campaign contributions. (MacAskill 2010)

The major players will be the Executive Office, Congress and the interests groups which closely monitor legislation, the Supreme Court and most important, the voters. Although most Americans agree with corporate protection under the Freedom of Speech clause of the First Amendment, they inadvertently now have one more issue to worry about, if their votes will continue to count as it did before this constitutional crisis, and not have to compete with the money of major corporations and possible future corruption of the democratic process.