increase every election year with its current close at 2020 with 167 million dollars from a single organization. Public response Senator McCain, one of the two original sponsors of campaign finance reform, noted after the decisions that "campaign finance reform is dead" – but predicted a voter backlash once it became obvious how much money corporations and unions now could and would pour into campaigns. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll in early February 2010 it was found that roughly 80% of Americans were opposed to the January 2010 Supreme court's ruling. The poll reveals relatively little difference of opinion on the issue among Democrats (85 percent opposed to the ruling), Republicans (76 percent) and independents (81 percent). In response to the ruling, a grassroots, bipartisan group called Move to Amend was created to garner support for a constitutional amendment overturning corporate personhood and declaring that money is not speech. McCutcheon et al. v. Federal Election Commission On April 2, 2014, the Supreme Court issued a 5–4 ruling that the 1971 FECA's aggregate limits restricting how much money a donor may contribute in total to all candidates or committees violated the First Amendment. The controlling opinion was written by Chief Justice Roberts, and joined by Justices Scalia, Alito and Kennedy; Justice Thomas concurred in the judgment but wrote separately to argue that all limits on contributions were unconstitutional. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor. See also Campaign finance in the United States Publicly funded elections Democracy Matters Electoral reform in the United States Jeff Kurzon Money loop Pacific scandal References Basham, Patrick and Dennis Polhill (June 30, 2005). "Uncompetitive Elections and the American Political System." Cato Institute "BP stops paying political parties", March 2002 Cato Institute (2009). Chapter 9, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition. Hoersting, Stephen M. (April 3, 2006). "Free Speech and the 527 Prohibition." Cato Institute Notes