In Stamford, Himes Talks Campaign Finance 10 Years After Citizens United Ruling

Congressman Jim Himes hosted a forum in Stamford Tuesday on the 10th anniversary of Citizens United. It’s an issue U.S. Rep. Jim Himes hears about all the time. “I don’t have a town hall meeting in which somebody doesn’t stand up to express their concern over the state of money in our politics today,” he said Tuesday at a town hall meeting. He visited the University of Connecticut-Stamford to host a talk about campaign finance on the 10-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling to uphold Citizens United, the court case that prohibited the government from restricting political contributions from corporations and special interest groups….  Himes was one of 234 members of the House of Representatives to vote in favor of the 2019 For the People Act, or H.R. 1, that limits the influence of private donor money in politics, among other things.