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week. it will require american companies to inform their shareholders about political spending and require ceos to appear in political advertising. maryland congressman donna edwards is taking the fight a step further. introduce a constitutional amendment so we the people can take back elections and our democracy. reporter: those who represent corporate america, say good luck with that. they say congress is overreacting. no corporation is going to run an ad, an express ad, which is what this is really about, saying, using the magic words, vote for or vote against and say, paid for by cnn. i m just going to guarantee you that s not going to happen. reporter: because no company would risk alienating its customers. despite kdr s ad, chuck hobson won the primary with 61% of the vote. the measure would also require powerful trade groups like the
happened in texas. all of a sudden, i saw this ad, what is this. reporter: chuck hobson is running for a seat in the texas state legislature. a friend of mine called and said there s a corporate ad against you in the paper. who is it? he looked it up on the website. reporter: it read, vote for a real republican and paid for kdr development inc.. the president had run unsuccessfully against hobson in an election. there was nothing citizen hobson could do except raise his own money to fight back. it s the sort of thing that keeps democratic lawmakers awake at night. imagine a fort tune 500 corporation doing this. democratic congressman chris van holenwill introduce a bill this