Big Oil
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May25
Clips Round-up for 5/25/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
John Edwards May Face Criminal Charges
Uh Oh. “Multiple reports say former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards will soon be indicted by the Justice Department on criminal charges for allegedly violating campaign finance laws in an effort to cover up his extramarital affair.”
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May23
Clips Round-up for 5/23/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Transparency v. free speech
Great column from Eliza Newlin Carney this week on disclosure. Anonymity as First Amendment is "an argument that flies in the face of common sense, public opinion and legal precedent."
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May20
Check Out Our Work This Week!
Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund were hard at work this week putting out a variety of memos, statements, and reports. Here's a round up of our recent work:
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May19
Clips Round-up for 5/19/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Taxman cometh
Great rebuttal from the Brennan Center to the Wall Street Journal's hysterical op-ed yesterday on the gift tax.
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May18
Clips Round-up for 5/18/11
Did you see Pricele$$? Did you like it? Then help our friend Steve Cowan with a small contribution to help fund the project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1540324098/pricele-the-documentary?ref=users.
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May10
Clips Round-up for 5/10/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Assaults on workers and voting rights: an organized attack to shift political power
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart and Demos’ Tova Wang write that the assault on voting rights, union rights, and campaign finance system are a concerted effort to shift political power. -
May09
Clips Round-up for 5/9/11
Though not invited to the debate in South Carolina last week, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Buddy Roemer provided some of his own responses. Here's his closing remarks on "what wasn't discussed: money in politics." http://youtu.be/mFHPIKZsvvE
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May06
Clips Round-up for 5/6/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Why the GOP should support publicly funded campaigns
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) responds to George Will's lame column bashing Fair Elections. -
May03
Clips Round-up for 5/3/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Embattled House ethics panel hires top lawyer
The House Ethics Committee has hired the former counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee as its new staff director and chief counsel -
Apr14
Powershift 2011--Join us!
This weekend, thousands of young people from across the country will come to Washington, D.C. to participate in the 2011 Powershift conference, where participants will “reclaim our democracy from big corporations and push our nation to move beyond dirty energy sources that are harming the health of people and the planet.