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NBA Star Works for Fair Elections

Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:16

Basketball star and Democracy Matters Founder Adonal Foyle discusses the need for the Fair Elections Now Act."Members of the House and Senate have blocked forward movement on such critical issues as addressing climate change, reforming the college student loan process, really fixing the health care system, regulating the big banks and examining the ethical lapses of their own members. Why? The short answer is money, money, money and more money — the huge campaign contributions given to politicians by representatives of energy companies, oil and gas corporations, health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, banks, student loan companies and more."To read the full article, click here.  

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