Barack Obama
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Feb28
President Obama, OFA, Access, and NRSC Concern Trolling
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a website today, WhiteHouseVIP.com, criticizing President Obama for allowing former aides to create Organizing for Action, a 501(c)(4) organization created out of Obama for America to help harness the President’s massive campaign email list to advance his policy agenda.
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Feb08
NEA Joins Growing Chorus Calling for Democracy Reform
From David Donnelly, national campaigns director:
At Public Campaign and the Action Fund, we've long argued that campaign finance reform ought to be as much about bringing voters back into politics and our democracy as it is about getting big money out of elections. That means focusing on greater and more meaningful participation as the organizing principle around which we design policies.
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Feb07
Penny Pritzker, Not Just an Obama Donor
Bloomberg broke the story last night that Penny Pritzker, part of the Hyatt Hotel dynasty and a successful businesswoman in Chicago, was close to being nominated by President Obama to be secretary of commerce. Her pick reflects the desire of the president to add more private sector experience to his cabinet and might also be a response to complaints that his cabinet was too male-dominated.
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Jan18
Exxon donates $250,000 to Obama Inaugural
ExxonMobil will donate $250,000 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, according to a report in The Hill, a surprising donation from an industry that fought tooth and nail to defeat President Obama and elect Mitt Romney.
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Oct11
President Obama Holds 220th--And Final--Fundraiser of the Cycle
After tonight's high-dollar event in Miami, Florida, President Barack Obama will have attended his 220th fundraiser since announcing his re-election in the spring of 2011, according to CBS News's Mark Knoller:
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Oct03
Questions President Obama and Gov. Romney Should Be Asked At the Presidential Debate About Money in Politics
By: David Donnelly and Adam Smith
President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney will face off in their first debate on Wednesday at the University of Denver, moderated by PBS’s Jim Lehrer. The questions will focus on the economy, healthcare, governing, and the role of government.
Here are five questions a piece that Mr. Lehrer could ask each candidate related to these issues.
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May07
The Bank of America Political Spending We Know About
Bank of America shareholders will vote at their annual meeting this week on two proposals to limit or disclose political spending by the behemoth bank. After the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United v.
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Apr03
Clips Round-up for 4/3/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
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Oct25
Clips Round-up for 10/25/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Presidential campaigns seek fundraising's holy grail: Mobile donations
Really interesting look at the desire for mobile donations for campaigns--but there are things getting in the way.
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Oct13
Clips Round-up for 10/13/11
Join us in DC next Tuesday for an event at GWU Law School featuring Larry Lessig. He'll talk about his new book, "Republic Lost." http://publicampaign.org/blog/2011/10/12/join-us-how-money-corrupts-congress-lawrence-lessig
Also, Several members and friends of this list made the "Top Grassroots Lobbyists" list at The Hill: Bob Edgar, Craig Holman, Meredith McGehee, Ed Mierzwinski, Melanie Sloan, and Fred Wertheimer: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/187225-top-lobbyists-grassroots
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections