chamber of commerce | Public Campaign

Oct17

Clips round up for 10/17/2012

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Oct 17, 2012

Another no-show for campaign finance issues at the debate last night, though Mitt Romney did hit Obama for attending a fundraiser in Vegas the day after the Benghazi attack.

It's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's 100th birthday. On Friday, Public Citizen and a host of organizations are going to be rallying in DC against their dark money spending. Details here.

Jun22

Groups Serve Big Money Super PAC with "People's Indictment" for Trying to Buy Our Democracy

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Jun 22, 2012

Karl Rove's "American Crossroads" super PAC, the Koch brothers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have a plan to funnel $1 billion of corporate money into buying rhe White House and Congress in November.

May05

Clips Round-up for 5/5/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on May 05, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Recuse me
Linda Greenhouse writes this column about calls for judicial recusal--focusing mostly on Prop 8 but also mentioning Common Cause's efforts with Scalia and Thomas, and Sierra Club with Scalia.