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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday pledged to stop accepting campaign contributions from corporate PACs, joining a small group of sitting Senators who made a similar move. 

The backdrop: The pledge by the New York senator, who’s up for re-election, coincides with an endorsement from End Citizens United, a Democratic group created in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in 2010 that allows unlimited corporate spending to support political campaigns. 

Sen. Gillibrand vows to stop accepting donations from corporate PACs

She joins a small group of sitting Senators.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday pledged to stop accepting campaign contributions from corporate PACs, joining a small group of sitting Senators who made a similar move. The backdrop: The pledge by the New York senator, who’s up for re-election, coincides with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="an endorsement " data-vars-click-url="http://endcitizensunited.org/press-releases/gillibrand-pledges-reject-corporate-pac-money-end-citizens-united-endorses-re-election/" data-vars-content-id="f555142d-b25f-4b82-ab06-96cd5ac73061" data-vars-headline="Sen. Gillibrand vows to stop accepting donations from corporate PACs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://endcitizensunited.org/press-releases/gillibrand-pledges-reject-corporate-pac-money-end-citizens-united-endorses-re-election/" target="_blank">an endorsement </a>from End Citizens United, a Democratic group created in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in 2010 that allows unlimited corporate spending to support political campaigns.

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Sen. Gillibrand vows to stop accepting donations from corporate PACs

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