Campaign Quote by Sara Gideon

Not every dollar spent to gain influence on Capitol Hill comes from a big global industrial behemoth. Hundreds of small advocacy groups and nonprofits…

— Elizabeth Flock

If you create a system that makes the small donors the linchpin of the system in terms of how members of Congress directly raise…

— John Sarbanes

A small group of motivated citizens can potentially have as much influence as a lobby group spending millions of dollars.

— Maxime Bernier

Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.

— Donald J. Boudreaux

The role of campaign contributions in our political system and the role of lobbyists have now reached levels that are quite unhealthy for the…

— Al Gore

Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one…

— Alan K. Simpson

If people are going to donate huge sums of money to influence elections, we have the right to know who is donating, and this…

— Elissa Slotkin

What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that…

— Matt Taibbi

At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The…

— John Sarbanes

The case may very well be that Congress is willing to restrict campaign contributions because it has these privileges. It is true that incumbents…

— Gordon Tullock

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

— Barack Obama

The money needed to run for office, the money spent on lobbying by special interests, the ever increasing economic disparity and the well-funded legislative…

— Neil Young