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Sep17
Clips Round-up for 9/17/12
Big legislative news in the campaign finance world: Two new bills join the Fair Elections Now Act as options before Congress to boost the power of small donors and reduce the undue influence of money in politics. Rep. Sarbanes (D-Md.) introduced his legislation on Friday, and Reps. Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Price (D- N.C.) will introduce their own variation this week.
Sep14Clips Round-up for 9/14/12
Big story in the Times today on fossil fuel spending on TV ads: "With nearly two months before Election Day on Nov.
Sep13Clips Round-up for 9/13/12
Great stuff in the NYT today about Obama's bundlers and some of their perks. This stat: "All told, Mr. Obama’s top 'bundlers' — people who gather checks from friends and business associates — raised or gave at least $200 million for Mr.
Sep11Clips Round-up for 9/11/12
Common Cause and Demos released an important new report yesterday: Bullies at the Ballot Box: Protecting the Freedom to Vote Against Wrongful Challenges and Intimidation.
Sep10Clips Round-up for 9/10/12
Barack Obama raised $114 million in August, beating Mitt Romney (who raised $111.6 million) for the first time since the creation of the joint RNC-Romney Victory fund.
Sep07Clips Round-up for 9/7/12
Paul Blumenthal at HuffPost had a great story yesterday on President Obama's promises and support for reform before the White House and what has happened since. "If anything, however, the opposite has happened. The four years of Obama's presidency have featured some of the biggest rollbacks of the campaign finance regulatory regime created in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
Sep06Clips Round-up for 9/6/12
Big news yesterday on the Democratic fundraising front: "Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — a legendary fundraiser and political strategist before he won elected office — has dropped his honorary chairmanship of the Obama campaign to help raise big-dollar contributions, so that Democrats can compete with what is emerging as a clear GOP fundraising advantage this election
Sep04Clips Round-up for 9/4/12
Aug30Clips round up for 8/30/2012
Yesterday during a reddit AMA, President Obama called for a constitutional amendment and reiterated his support for DISCLOSE and banning lobbyists from bundling contributions. As HuffPost points out, this isn't necessarily news--Jim Messina said Obama supported the amendment in February--but Obama bringing it up does add more weight.
Aug27Clips Round-up for 8/27/12
Are you ready to party, Tampa, Florida? Well, you're in luck: "Lobbyists and trade groups, virtually all with business before Congress and federal agencies, are paying for a nonstop schedule of beach parties, concerts and cocktail hours."