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Robert Menendez on Citizens United Disclosure Petition

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Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks January 19 during a briefing on a petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission urging the agency require publicly traded corporations to disclose their political spending. The petition is a response to the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling. The briefing was sponsored by the Corporate Reform Coalition, made up of institutional investors managing a combined total of $800 billion in assets, as well as public officials, legal scholars, good government groups and CEOs.