2012
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Jan17
Clips Round-up for 1/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NY Post: For cleaner campaigns
Letters from the Consumers Union and NYC Campaign Finance Board in support of public financing. -
Jan12
Clips Round-up for 1/12/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
A plan to take on the super PACs
Interesting piece about super PACs, Rep. John Sarbanes, and the Fair Elections Now Act.
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Jan11
Clips Round-up for 1/11/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
GOP: Corporate donation ban unconstitutional
From the department of bad optics: "The century-old ban on corporate donations to federal political campaigns should be junked as unconstitutional, the Republican National Committee argued in a legal brief filed Tuesday that could lead to new attacks on the GOP as beholden to corporate money." -
Jan09
Clips Round-up for 1/9/12
When asked about a new movie coming out from the pro-Newt super PAC, Newt Gingrich said yesterday that he didn't know anything about the "27 and a half minute movie." Tweet of the day <https://twitter.com/#!/daviddonnelly/status/156057135606792193> from @DavidDonnelly: Dear reporters, why does Newt know so much about a super PAC 27-1/2 minute movie he claims not to have seen? #coordinationisillegal
Oh, also, PCAF has a new video: "Democracy for the 1%, by Mitt Romney."
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Jan06
Toppling the Money Empire
The American Prospect has a special report on money in politics in its January/February issue. It includes an opinion piece from Public Campaign president Nick Nyhart and our board member Ilyse Hogue.
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Jan06
Clips Round-up for 1/6/12
Best resource of the day? Sunlight Foundation's cheat sheet on super PACs: http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/super-pac-table/. Add it to your bookmarks!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Time to amend: No more half measures in campaign finance reform -
Jan05
Clips Round-up for 1/5/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Cuomo calls for public financing
Gov. Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said yesterday in his State of the State that the legislature should pass public financing and do it this year. Here's a news roundup on it.
The American Prospect has a new special report up on money in politics. Highlights:
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Dec21
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Dec13
Clips Round-up for 12/13/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Limits on political donations invalidated
"A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a Wisconsin law limiting how much any one person can donate to independent political action groups."
Occupy activists to meet with progressive leaders -
Nov02
Clips Round-up for 11/2/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Outside groups may open door to lifting spending caps
What we're watching: "The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision has stirred favorable rumblings about a campaign finance proposal once favored only by GOP lawmakers: Unlimited donations and full transparency."
Legal fees eat into campaign coffers