Sarbanes To Speak at Thursday's District 32 Meeting

Fresh off an appearance on MSNBC's Up With Chris Hayes show, U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) will stop by Glen Burnie to address the District 32 Democratic Club.

The meeting, which takes place at the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department, will begin at 8 p.m. Those who are hungry can go an hour early and grab a chicken dinner for $6 per person, according to a release from the club.

Sarbanes—whose 3rd District includes parts of Baltimore and Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties—spoke about Super PACs, grassroots financing and fair elections on the Chris Hayes show on Sunday and wrote about the topic in a piece on the Huffington Post on Monday.

"The recent rise of Super PACs realizes our worst fears about the effects of the Citizen's United case and suggests that it won't be too long before corporations and billionaires sponsor political candidates the way magnates now own sports teams," he wrote.

"At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing," he wrote.

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