Sen. Clausing said she works hard to promote education in Wisconsin. We re almost at a point where we spend more money on corrections than on education, she said. We are currently spending four times more on corrections than Minnesota. Though Clausing said education is important, she feels controlling where the money is coming from on elections is her biggest focus. The biggest issue before us ever is campaign finance reform, she said.
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Political Action Committees, or PACs, are special interest groups that donate money to an election. When Harsdorf spoke in Highum s class she echoed Clausing s concerns over finance reform. I am running for senate because of how Madison acted last session, she said. Votes were going where the money is, and they shouldn t be based on whose contributing to whom. We are seeing far too much influence from special interest groups.