Noah Adams speaks with Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution about another provision in the debate -- paycheck protection. Currently unions can use money raised from dues for political action. This provision would require unions to gain the permission of union members to use any portion of their dues for politics. Mann explains that while some want this provision to extend to corporations --that would be extremely difficult. He also explains how this requirement could extend to any organization, the Sierra Club or the Christian Coalition for example, that use dues for political activity.
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