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Blunt: SCOTUS decision on campaign finance no big deal

Roy Blunt

Supreme Court’s decision

on campaign finance would have much impact on campaigns.

In a 5-4 ruling,

the Court said aggregate limits

on what an individual can give to candidates and parties are unconstitutional. The limit on giving to a specific campaign remains, but a donor can give to numerous candidates without an overall limit.

“I assume it will have some impact, but not a lot of impact,” Blunt said. He said wealthy donors might “cringe” because they no longer can claim they’ve hit the ceiling when candidates ask for help.

This story was originally published April 2, 2014 at 10:37 AM with the headline "Blunt: SCOTUS decision on campaign finance no big deal."

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