campaign contributions
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Oct10
NEW REPORT: Insurers Pursuing Billions in Medicare Profits Make Big Contributions to Candidates Backing Ryan Budget
Along with Health Care for America Now, Public Campaign Action Fund announced a new report today: "Insurers Pursuing Billions in Medicare Profits Make Big Contributions to Candidates Backing Ryan Budget," which details the huge amount of campaign cash flowing to supporters of the Ryan plan, and how those interests benefit.
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Jun13
New York Enviros: "the greatest threat to our environment here in New York may be an unlikely suspect: big money."
The Atlantic Chapter of Sierra Club and WE ACT for Environmental Justice have a compelling op-ed today in Newsday calling for the state legislature to act on Fair Elections legislation that is currently before both houses.
The groups note that they seldom stray from purely environmental issues, but that the big money influence, particularly in the "fracking" fight, has become too much to ignore.
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May18
Senators Rewarded for Oil Subsidies Vote
On March 29th, the U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation to end billions of dollars in wasteful subsidies to oil companies.
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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.