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Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?

In the U.S. a citizen may give $2,700 per election to a federal candidate, $5,000 per year to a PAC, $10,000 per year to a State or local party committee and $33,400 per year to a national party. Citizens and corporations may give unlimited amounts to a Super PAC. A Super PAC is freed from traditional campaign finance laws as long as it does not fund a candidate or campaign or coordinate directly with a campaign how to spend donations.

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72%
Yes
28%
No
66%
Yes
21%
No
5%
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors
6%
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge
2%
Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections
1%
No, this is a violation of free speech

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 @9MYMGYN from Georgia  answered…2yrs2Y

There should be no limits on individual donations not made through a PAC or public funds, but there should be a limit on PAC/corporate donations

 @9L3PV69 from California  answered…2yrs2Y

people should not be limited. corporations should. people are citizens with constitutional (first amendment) rights. corporations are not.

 @9B5CG66 from Pennsylvania  answered…3yrs3Y

No, this is a violation of free speech as long as all donations are public knowledge

 @8PP96SHfrom Maine  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections

 @5DVLBZWfrom Indiana  answered…6yrs6Y

All current regulations hurt all alternatives to the Democratic and Republican Party candidates. The limits the D/R politicians impose on themselves are routinely violated by them, in fact; but are vigorously enforced against people like me. You really should look into this yourself.

 @9D3RPBQfrom Guam  answered…3yrs3Y

Donors should be only perceived by grassroots sources and sources that are entirely democratic and people oriented

 @9K5MYMG from Wisconsin  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but make it so all donations are completely anonymous to everyone even the person receiving the donation so the money cannot influence someone in the government's decision making.

 @8XLR4JX  from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, and any pay-to-play candidates should be disqualified and any pay-to-play donors fined or jailed.

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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