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DNC chair takes steps to restrict corporate and dark money in 2028 primaries

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin plans to ask party members later this month to vote on a resolution in Minneapolis urging a reforms committee to explore eliminating corporate and so-called dark money in the 2028 primaries.
Amid last year's federal elections, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and seven Senate Democrats urged a ban on super PAC spending in primaries.
The draft resolution tasks the Committee on Reforms to identify and study real, enforceable steps to eliminate corporate and dark money and develop legislative goals for Congress.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and the advocacy group he helped found applauded the resolution revealed Tuesday, as DNC members vote on August 25 in Minneapolis.
The draft concedes that only a constitutional amendment can overturn Citizens United and that Congressional action is necessary for long-term reform.

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