Friday, October 5, 2012

Foreign Dollars Impacting American Elections




"This story first appeared on the Center for Public Integrity's website.


A million-dollar donation by a foreign-owned corporation to a Republican super-PAC has raised legal concerns and opened up the controversial Citizens United Supreme Court decision to new criticism.


Restore Our Future, the super-PAC supporting Republican Mitt Romney's run for president, received a $1 million donation in mid-August from reinsurance company OdysseyRe of Connecticut, a "wholly-owned subsidiary" of Canadian insurance and investment management giant Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited."








http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/canadian-foreign-donation-super-pac-restore-our-future


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