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Mar12

Clips round up for 3/12/2013

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Mar 12, 2013

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke on a telephone town hall last night with about 1,350 grassroots activists, signaling his strong support for campaign finance reform, saying "Campaign finance is a way to tell the people of this state and this country: It's your government. You own it. Literally." The Governor called campaign finance reform “one of the most important issues to complete” in the rest of New York’s legislative session this year.

Jan08

Clips round up for 1/8/2013

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Jan 08, 2013

Hey everyone! A big thanks to Kurt for handling the clips while I was on sabbatatical. Now back at it:

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch wrote in the Daily News this weekend that it's time to clean up Albany: "We have every reason to believe that replicating the city’s system of public financing at the state level will have precisely the same effect."

Jun19

Congressman Sarbanes and Nick Nyhart host campaign finance reform roundtable

Submitted by Aaron Scherb on Jun 19, 2012

On Tuesday, June 26 from 7pm-9pm, Public Campaign’s Nick Nyhart will participate in a campaign finance reform discussion with Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin.

Mar15

Clips Round-up for 3/15/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Mar 15, 2011

Campaign Finance/Ethics
Obama cannot ignore the FEC any longer
Public Citizen’s Craig Holman has this op-ed on the broken FEC and how Obama can fix it.