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The Anti-Capture Corporate Governance Act of 2025
The Anti-Capture Corporate Governance Act of 2025 is designed to restore accountability to corporate political spending—without restricting free speech or overturning Supreme Court precedent.
Under current law, corporate political spending is often decided by a small group of executives, with little or no input from shareholders, workers, or the public. This bill ensures that when corporations engage in politics, they do so with the consent, transparency, and oversight of the people who actually depend on them.
Rather than banning political spending, the Act democratizes it.
What the bill does
- Requires shareholder approval before large corporate political expenditures can be made.
- Mandates annual political spending budgets, approved by shareholders, to prevent unchecked or last-minute spending.
- Closes foreign-influence loopholes by prohibiting political spending by corporations with significant foreign ownership or control.
- Enforces real-time transparency, requiring rapid public disclosure of major political expenditures.
- Notifies workers when their company engages in substantial political spending.
- Creates a Corporate Democracy Office within the SEC to oversee compliance, audits, and enforcement.
Why it matters
Unlimited political spending by corporations concentrates power in the hands of a few executives and wealthy interests. This Act restores accountability by shifting control from corporate insiders to shareholders, improving transparency for voters, and protecting against hidden foreign influence—while fully respecting the First Amendment and existing Supreme Court rulings.
What this bill is not
- It does not ban corporate political spending.
- It does not regulate political viewpoints or messages.
- It does not overturn Citizens United.
What can you do?
- Contact US House representatives – by calling or emailing and mentioning the bill by name, this bill will garner more traction. You can follow this script:
- I’m calling to urge Representative _ to support the Anti-Capture Corporate Governance Act of 2025, which strengthens shareholder oversight and transparency in corporate political spending while respecting the First Amendment
- Share with your friends and post on social media
- Help to get endorsements from organizations by contacting
- good-governance nonprofits
- investor advocacy groups
- transparency organizations
- labor groups
The New York Unity Project 