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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Oklahoma Acts Quickly After Citizens United
The Oklahoman reports "Members of the state Ethics Commission were poised Friday to change rules to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives corporations and unions a bigger role in political campaigns but backed off after hearing appeals to slow down. The commission will meet in special session Jan. 29 – just days before a Feb. 2 deadline to submit rule changes to the Legislature – to adopt a rule changing state campaign finance laws. Legislators can defeat rules suggested by the Ethics Commission or allow them to take effect by taking no action. . . . Oklahoma is one of 24 states that have laws banning corporations and labor unions from spending from their treasury funds, said Marilyn Hughes, the Ethics Commission’s executive director."
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