Democratic 2020 Hopefuls Compete on How to Bust Corporate Power
- Limiting corporate influence is becoming a top policy test
- Warren aims to ‘end lobbying as we know it’ and bolster unions
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Democratic presidential contenders are competing to offer the strongest proposals to reduce corporate power in the U.S. through ideas such as restrictions on lobbying and stricter antitrust enforcement.
Several of the candidates were questioned by a crowd at a gathering of progressives Monday in Washington whose demands reflected Democrats’ growing appetite to sharply limit corporate influence over workers and government. It’s becoming one of the top policy tests facing 2020 hopefuls seeking to capture the nomination to take on President Donald Trump.