campaign finance reformLifelong Advocate Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 2:05pm.
If you've been active in the movement to change how our elections are financed for awhile you've no doubt heard the name Fred Wertheimer. Wertheimer, who helped craft the post-Watergate reforms and from his time at the helm of Common Cause to his recent efforts as founder of Democracy 21 has remained keenly focused on campaign finance issues, is profiled in today's Washington Post by Jeffrey Birnbaum.
Closer Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 11:29am.
Posted in: campaign finance reform | New York
Last week, Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) and lawmakers in both Houses came up with a compromise on campaign finance reform legislation. Let's hope it's just the beginning of reforms in Albany. Dissecting the Supreme Court decision Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 2:48pm.
Posted in: campaign finance reform | public campaign
Public Campaign's Senior Program Advisor Susan Anderson is our resident campaign finance guru and expert on the history of moving campaign finance reform at the federal level. This morning she squared off with a representative of the Cato Institute on New Hampshire NPR over the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court decision loosening restrictions on campaign ads by corporations and unions. Give it a listen here. Supreme Court's New Campaign Finance Ruling Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 10:07am.
Big news from the Supreme Court yesterday which decided on a 5-4 vote to loosen certain regulations established under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA, better known as the McCain-Feingold Act) to allow corporations and unions to air ads that mention a candidate's name right up to election day.It likely means a larger influx of money from groups that traditionally run these ads, perhaps leading to a more expensive election cycle.
Orlando Event Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 12:00pm.
In the Orlando area? The Orlando Sentinel is running an open invitation for anyone interested in campaign finance and ethics reforms in Florida to attend a meeting this coming May 31st by the Orange County Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform.
Bringing Voters Back Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 02/20/2007 - 10:48am.
Wisconsin's Sheboygan Press rues the inadequacy of the presidential public financing system in the face of the great money chase for the White House. By tying success in the presidential race to relationships with special interests PACs and other big money donors, voters who counted on the public financing system to amplify their voices and reduce corruption are shut out.
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