Bob Kerrey


Kerrey: Time for a Campaign Finance Transplant
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 1:43pm.
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) discusses the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform - not more band-aid fixes - after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Citizens United.

"The corrupting influence of big money in politics did not begin with the Supreme Court ruling. For years, we’ve been applying Band-Aids to a system of special-interest-funded elections that’s rotten at the core. New limits will not change the fact that politicians continue to rely on millions of dollars from Wall Street banks, pharmaceutical companies, Big Oil, labor unions and other wealthy interests to run for re-election."
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A Solution Both Sides Can Get Behind
Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 11:14am.
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) says the Fair Elections Now Act will provide "more speech" in addition to preventing corruption.
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Free Speech and Our Election Laws
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:56am.
Former Sens. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) and Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) have a new editorial on the Fair Elections Now Act in today's Boston Globe.
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End the Money Chase
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 11:31am.
As our lawmakers on Capitol Hill press on to make June 30th fund raising goals, former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) has some reflections.
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