{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-bill-keep-corporate-americas-dollars-out-us-politics/", "Hawley Introduces Bill to Keep Corporate America\u2019s Dollars Out of U.S. Politics", "2023-10-31", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act to get corporate money out of American politics and dramatically cut back on publicly traded corporations\u2019 ability to influence elections. Senator Hawley\u2019s bill will begin to undo the Supreme Court\u2019s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC.\n\n\u201cFor decades, Corporate America has funneled billions of dollars into elections in favor of politicians who favor their woke, social agendas\u2014instead of American voters\u2019 interests. This legislation would hold mega-corporations\u2019 feet to the fire and stop their dollars from buying our elections,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\nThe Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act would:\n\nBan publicly traded corporations from making independent expenditures, political ads, or other electioneering communications.\n\nBan publicly traded companies from giving money to Super PACs.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\nSenator Hawley\u2019s new legislation is part of his larger agenda to hold Corporate America accountable for drowning out the voices of the American people:\n\nIn September, Senator Hawley introduced legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 18 percent and bring relief to working people across America.\n\nLast month Senator Hawley also visited with workers on strike at the General Motors plant in Wentzville, Mo., to stand with them and support American jobs.\n\nIn May, Senator Hawley introduced legislation to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States\u2019 unsustainable bilateral trade deficit comes into balance.\n\nIn April, he unveiled two bills to crack down on Big Pharma\u2019s exploitative drug prices and cap the cost of insulin.\n\nIn December 2022, Senator Hawley stood with and voted to support rail workers as they sought a fair deal with sick leave.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-bill-keep-corporate-americas-dollars-out-us-politics/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5923818573355675, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}