Amy Goodman
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The Citizens United Senator: After GOP's Midterm Rout, Mitch McConnell Likely Next Majority Leader
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November 5, 2014
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12:12Now PlayingRepublicans have emerged from Tuesday's midterm elections with control of Congress for the first time in eight years by winning key Senate seats and strengthening their majority in the House. Republican candidates won at least 10 of the day’s 13 closely contested Senate races, giving the party control of the Senate for the first time since 2007. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is expected to become the next Senate majority leader after defeating Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in one of the nation's highestprofile contests. McConnell has played a leading role in fighting campaign finance reform and supporting the Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to unlimited election spending. The $4 billion price tag made this election the most expensive midterm in history. We look at the Kentucky race and what to expect out of a McConnellled Senate with Phillip Bailey, a freelance journalist in Louisville.
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