In response to the overwhelming support for a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s disappointing Citizen’s United decision as displayed by Vermonter’s across the state on town meeting day, the VPIRG supported resolution at the state level (JRS 11) was given an extension from the crossover deadline.
The Senate Government Operations committee will continue to consider the bill and it is still appropriate to weigh in with your elected officials in the Senate to let them know you support passage of the resolution.
We will keep you posted as we continue to fight to ensure that corporations are not given the same rights as people.