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The overwhelming influence of corporate Super PACs on our elections has expanded the gap between voters and their elected leaders into a canyon. Rejecting AIPAC is a crucial step in putting voters back at the center of our democracy.

Although Rep. Bobby Rush's name appears on the list of co-sponsors of anti-BDS legislation, he is opposed to the legislation which would criminalize support for the boycott of Israel. Promoted by Israel advocacy groups to undermine the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States, it poses a civil liberties threat thaqt has led the ACLU to call for its defeat.