Citizens United
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May10
Clips Round-up for 5/10/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Assaults on workers and voting rights: an organized attack to shift political power
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart and Demos’ Tova Wang write that the assault on voting rights, union rights, and campaign finance system are a concerted effort to shift political power. -
May10
Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart and DEMOS' Tova Wang: Attack on Workers Part of Organized Effort to Shift Political Power
The assault on workers taking place all over the country, most notably in Wisconsin, is still fresh on everyone's mind.
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May09
Clips Round-up for 5/9/11
Though not invited to the debate in South Carolina last week, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Buddy Roemer provided some of his own responses. Here's his closing remarks on "what wasn't discussed: money in politics." http://youtu.be/mFHPIKZsvvE
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May06
Clips Round-up for 5/6/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Why the GOP should support publicly funded campaigns
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) responds to George Will's lame column bashing Fair Elections. -
May03
Clips Round-up for 5/3/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Embattled House ethics panel hires top lawyer
The House Ethics Committee has hired the former counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee as its new staff director and chief counsel -
Apr29
Where there's a Will, there's a Nay
Washington Post columnist and notorious arbiter of denim-wear, George Will, wrote a column yesterday criticizing a recent hearing on the Fair Elections Now Act, legislation that would help to put government back into the hands of everyday people.
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Apr19
Clips Round-up for 4/19/11
Well folks, the Arizona legislature was able to push through its legislation to put a repeal of Clean Elections on the 2012 ballot: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMRcWfGorFp705PT3P30iogEMDbA?docId=00ebb6b5243d4739aa0fbb9de154fa01, though as the poll we released yesterday shows, oppon
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Apr11
Clips Round-up for 4/11/11
First, check out Larry Lessig's keynote at the National Conference on Media Reform over the weekend: http://blip.tv/file/5000937
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Apr06
Clips Round-up for 4/6/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Durbin, Alec Baldwin: Pushing Plan to Cute Big Money Out of Campaigns
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/04/durbin_alec_baldwin_pushing_pl.html
The Chicago Sun Times covers Sen. Dick Durbin’s press release on the introduction of the Fair Elections Now Act.
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Apr04
Clips Round-up for 4/4/11
Bright and early this morning President Obama launched his re-election campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-VZLvVF1FQ.
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Campaign finance reform and the Supreme Court
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/04/11/110411taco_talk_toobin?printable=true