Roll Call and Fortune.com report that NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will no longer accept donations from the political action committees of for-profit companies.
Kate Ackley, Roll Call:
Some groups seeking to overhaul political money laws cheered Gillibrand’s move.
Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United, said the group had endorsed Gillibrand’s re-election effort because of her PAC ban. The group takes its name from the 2010 Supreme Court decision that paved the way for super PACs. It also pledged to mobilize 400,000 grassroots and small-dollar donors nationwide to help the senator raise money.
“She has seen firsthand how corporate mega-donors manipulate Congress and put politicians in their pocket to pass bills, like the disastrous tax bill,” Muller said in a statement.
Muller’s group called Gillibrand’s decision part of a growing trend that includes Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat who is running for Senate in Texas, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
This is the most encouraging announcement I’ve read in quite some time. Let’s work to promote this trend.