After proposal seeks public comments, unprecedented number call for fix to SEC campaign finance system

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A proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would force publicly traded companies to disclose their political spending has received more than 1 million comments — most of them in favor of the rule. Supporters of the rule, some of whom demonstrated outside the SEC last week, say that’s the highest number of public comments ever

1 Million Comments Flood SEC Over Political Spending Proposal