campaign contributions
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Nov21
Clips Round-up 11/21/2011
If you missed it this weekend, Chris Hayes reported an amazing story about DC lobbying shop Clarke Lytle. The firm put a memo together highlighting how and why the American Bankers Association, one of their clients, should move to discredit the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Nov15
NEW REPORT: Unholy Alliance
Public Campaign, along with PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing), released a new report today: Unholy Alliance: How the private prison industry is corrupting our democracy and promoting mass incarceration.
Excerpt from the report:
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Oct07
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and Occupying Wall Street...and democracy
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from October 3 through October 7, 2011.
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Sep26
NEW REPORT: Wall Street and the Supercommittee
Public Campaign, along with National People's Action, released a new report today: "Wall Street and the Supercommittee: The $41 Million Question." The report details the close ties from Wall Street and other financial industry interests to the supercommittee.
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Sep23
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the Supercommittee's "Dining" Options
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from September 19-September 23, 2011.
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Sep21
Surprising Findings on Defense Industry Campaign Cash to Supercommittee
Our friends at Brave New Foundation have teamed with Alternet and Salon to document how the Democrats on the "supercommittee" have actually received far more defense industry campaign cash than the Republicans serving on the committee.
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Aug31
Pay What?
A study released today by the Institute for Policy Studies showed that 25 out of 100 of the top earning CEO's were actually paid more in compensation than their company's paid in federal taxes.
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Aug15
MapLight.org Profiles the Donors to Super Committee Members
Our friends at MapLight.org have put out a detailed report on where the Super Committee tasked with deficit reduction get their campaign money. All 12 members are profiled.
It will be very interesting to see how much influence campaign donors and wealthy special interests will have on the process. We'll be following it every step of the way.
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Aug11
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Aug03