Clips round-up for 7/22/11

Submitted by akumar@publicampaign.org on Jul 22, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Watt moves to slash ethics office budget by 40%
With the blessing of Republican leaders, Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) will push to slash the budget of the Office of Congressional Ethics. Makes total sense, what with the pristine reputation of the House Ethics Committee as of late.

• AT&T
• campaign finance
• Clips
• consumer financial protection agency
• David Donnelly
• FEC
• John Edwards
• k street
• Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
• Office of Congressional Ethics
• PACs
• public campaign
• Rep. Darrel Issa
• Rupert Murdoch
• Wall Street