Citizens United
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'''Citizens United''' is a conservative [[United States|U.S.]] [[non-profit organization]] co-founded by [[Floyd Brown]]<ref>[http://www.floydbrown.com/page2.html Floyd Brown - Biography]</ref> in 1988 and currently headed by [[David Bossie]]. Its offices are on Pennsylvania Avenue in [[Washington, D.C.]], near the White House.
It has run ads critical of [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]]'s record on terrorism, ads supporting [[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s terrorism record, and filed a [[Federal Election Commission]] complaint against ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''. The associated '''Citizens United Foundation''' is a ''501(c)(3)'' group. Citizens United produced the films ''[[Celsius 41.11]]'', ''[[Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60]]'', and ''[[Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration]]''.
Citizens United's stated goals are:
* "to reassert the traditional [[American values]] of limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security."
* "to restore the [[founding fathers]]' vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens."
===Reaction to [[Mark Foley Scandal]]===
On October 2, 2006, in reaction to revelations of a GOP coverup of inappropriate communications between Rep. [[Mark Foley]] and teenage pages, Citizens United President [[David Bossie]] called on the Speaker of the House (at that time [[Dennis Hastert]]) to resign over his role in sweeping the scandal under the rug.[http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-resign/]
=== Hillary: The Movie ===
Citizens United lost a court battle over advertisements for [[Hillary: The Movie]], a film about presidential aspirant Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] (NY). A [[Federal District Court]] ruled that the group could not air advertisements without attaching a disclaimer and disclosing their donor list.
===Surprisingly===
The group issued ''Surprisingly,'' a television advertisement that reveals several liberal legislative actions taken by presidential aspirant Senator [[John McCain]] (AZ).[http://media.citizensunited.org/Surprisingly.htm] The Group aired the ad on [[FoxNews]].[http://www.elephantbiz.com/2008/01/citizens_united_against_mccain.html]
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.citizensunited.org Official website]
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[[Category:Political advocacy groups in the United States]]