2012
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Nov01
Clips Round-up for 11/1/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Throw a light on secret funds
A call for transparency from Arizona.
Systemic corruption for rich and poor -
Oct28
Clips Round-up for 10/28/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Keeping it Clean: Maine's fight for Fair Elections
Do read this piece by Brooke Jarvis in Yes! magazine on Maine Clean Elections.
More companies shed light on political spending -
Oct07
Clips Round-up for 10/7/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Hybrid PACs: Super PACs and traditional PACs can merge
Regular PACs, which can donate money to candidates, can now raise money like super PACs, which can't donate. They just have to have separate bank accounts for the donatable and non-donatable money.
Revising the "get money out" draft amendment -
Oct05
Clips Round-up for 10/5/11
Yesterday, we launched http://www.occupydemocracy.org/. In our statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests, we wrote: "In addition to occupying Wall Street, we need to occupy democracy. In a democracy occupied by everyday people, big donors and corporate special interests wouldn’t drown out the voices of the rest of us." Follow us (and join in!) on Twitter today with the hashtag #occupydemocracy.
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Sep30
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Sep28
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Sep23
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Sep16
End of Summer Recap: The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the Summer of Special Interest Money "Well" Spent
It's been a whirlwind end of the summer. Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from August 19-September 16, 2011.
FROM THE BLOG:
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Sep13
Clips Round-up for 9/13/11
Last night at the GOP debate, Rick Perry said <http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/09/13/quote_of_the_day.html> , "if you're saying I can be bought for $5,000, I'm offended." Exactly. It takes a lot more than that!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Rep. Issa hit with ethics allegations -
Sep07
Clips Round-up for 9/7/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Fulfilling the promise of "Citizens United"