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Democrats used to rail against 'dark money.' Now they're better at it than the GOP.
Reformers wonder whether anyone can be trusted to dismantle a system that allows secret funding of campaigns.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830

The Democratic National Committee adopted a platform last month calling for a ban on dark money, and Joe Biden says one of his first priorities as president would be signing the sweeping reform bill House Democrats passed last year that would, among other things, match small donations 6-to-1 to encourage grassroots giving.

But his campaign also says they'll take all the help they can get for now and that bill, known as H.R.1, would have to compete for limited legislative bandwidth with efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and much more.

Also HR1 was laden a.democratic wish list including things like state hood for DC...Far from a clean bill and of course dems had a chance at reform for 2 yrs

How Citizens United could help drive a record Democratic presidential field in 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/politics/citizens-united-super-pac-democratic-field/index.html

Both sides use it to the fullest extent,,,,,