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Vermont House to Take Up Corporate Personhood

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -

The Vermont House is set to debate a resolution calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's hotly debated Citizens United decision of two years ago.

Earlier this month the Senate passed a similar resolution.

Supporters want Congress to begin the process of amending the Constitution to overrule the 2010 Citizens United decision, which, critics say, has unleashed huge amounts of unregulated money into the presidential election process.

An amendment being considered Thursday adds a twist to the House debate.

It targets the U.S. subsidiaries of foreign-owned corporations and says they should be barred from making political campaign contributions or helping to pay for things like governors' inaugural balls. It's aimed at Green Mountain Power and its Canadian parent company, Gaz Metro.

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