The only announced Democrat running to fill the Congressional void that will be left with Senator Tim Johnson’s impending retirement brought his “Take It Back” town hall tour to Huron Tuesday. Rick Weiland told the tightly packed crowd at the Don’t Spill the Beans coffee shop in downtown Huron, he believes Congress’ big problem falls back to “Big Money”….
If elected Weiland intends to introduce a constitutional amendment banning large corporate donations for elections…
When asked if he thought Congress would endorse limiting itself, Weiland says ideas similar to his have support in Washington….
Weiland told the crowd he believes the 2014 South Dakota U-S Senate race with be a competitive one with many out of state organizations running ads about the candidates. Weiland fielded questions about health care, student loans and Medicare in the approximately one hour gathering.