Karin Housley on Government Reform

Supports free market for campaigns, and Citizen United

Smith: 1. Yes. Sponsored DISCLOSE Act. 2. Reverse by Constitutional Amendment.

Housley: 1. Unclear. Said we need "adequate regulations" to ensure candidates raise funds ethically & transparently but supports "free market" for campaigns. 2. Yes. Supports Citizen United: "I would be in support of the way it is right now.

Supports Citizens United: let corporations participate

She noted while sometimes it's necessary to spend large sums to campaign in population-thin areas like greater Minnesota, the high influx of donor and political action committee dollars complicates races.

Often, Housley said, a candidate is endorsed by a group or message they don't support themselves and this also plays out with how outside money--or money funding political campaigns or candidates by groups outside the constituency--is handled in national elections.

Housley said she is in support of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling granting corporations personhood, or similar rights and privileges as human beings--Citizens United v. FEC. "I would be in support of the way it is right now," she said.

Switch from partisan way of governing back to compromise

CC:Appoint strict Constitutionalist judges.

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