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Jul26
Clips Round-up for 7/26/12
Is your state prepared to vote? Common Cause will tell you in their new report, "Counting Votes 2012: A State by State Look at Election Preparedness."
Jul25Clips Round-up for 7/25/12
Here's our wrap-up from yesterday's Senate hearing. And Gannett: "Former Louisiana Gov.
Jul24Clips Round-up for 7/24/12
Sen. Durbin is holding a hearing today on "Taking Back Our Democracy" in his Judiciary Subcommittee. Head to Hart today if you can or watch online. Join in on Twitter with the hashtag #democracy4sale. Public Campaign's Susan Anderson will also live-tweet the hearing.
Jul23Clips Round-up for 7/23/12
The second anniversary of Dodd-Frank was Saturday. Some facts on Wall Street's giving, and how it has shifted, since then.
And reports on presidential and PAC filings from Friday:
Jul20Clips Round-up 7/20/12
Rep. Buck McKeon held a hearing with defense contractors on the sequester the other day. He didn't mention they were donors.
Jul19Clips Round-up for 7/19/12
Jul18Clips Round-up for 7/18/12
Politico: "Almost two-thirds of Americans believe corporations and unions shouldn’t be allowed to spend unlimited cash backing political candidates, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, done for the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center, found 63 percent of Americans disagreed with the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, while 30 percent agreed and 7 percent were undecided."
Jul16Clips Round-up for 7/16/12
Must-read Drew Westen piece in the Times. "In studying voters’ responses to a range of messages, we discovered that Americans understand that our government is bought — and they want it back. You just have to speak with them in ways they can hear."
Jul13Clips Round-up for 7/13/12
The Hill reported last night that the DISCLOSE Act will happen without John McCain. Some thoughts on the PCAF blog: basically, he's spent months decrying Citizens United but bails on the first opportunity to address it, at least in a small way. Rep.
Jul12Clips Round-up for 7/12/12
Sen. Whitehouse has introduced a new version of the DISCLOSE Act that "would not require disclosure until these groups spend $10,000 or more in aggregate, and would also remove other pieces from the 2010 bill in a bid to streamline it and make it easier for companies and other groups to comply."