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May18
Clips Round-up for 5/18/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Roll Call: Coburn calls on parties to reject public funding for conventions
"Opening a new front in the GOP’s ongoing bid to end public campaign financing, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has called on the chairs of the Democratic and Republican National Committees to reject public funding for their upcoming party conventions." -
May17
Clips Round-up for 5/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Will One of These Cases Be the Next Citizens United?
Mother Jones provides an outlook on a number of campaign finance cases coming before the courts.
May16Clips Round-up for 5/16/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Campaign Finance Disclosure Decision Means Rove, Others Could Suddenly Have to Disclose Donors
"One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel millions into campaign ads -- is now closed, after an appellate court ruling on Monday."May15Clips Round-up for 5/15/12
Our friends down the hall, Common Cause, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to overturn the filibuster. Common Cause President Bob Edgar: "While the Senate can set its own rules, they can’t be unconstitutional. This is an unconstitutional provision.
May14Clips Round-up for 5/14/12
A handful of national good government organizations, including Public Campaign, have been calling on Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to sign HB 5565, a "disclosure on steroids" bill that would bring much needed transparency to the political process. It'd be a big win. And in the post-Citizens United political world, would help to maintain the integrity of the state's popular public financing program.
May10Clips Round-up for 5/10/12
Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly on new polling released yesterday with Democracy Corps: “Money in politics is a ballot-box issue, that voters will be going to the ballot box this fall looking for candidates who support addressing the issue of money in politics.
May09Clips Round-up for 5/9/12
Public Campaign Action Fund and Democracy Corps will be releasing new polling today (previewed in The National Memo this morning) showing that swing voters are ready to reward candidates that make money-in-politics a campaign issue, support alternatives to our current system, and believe that money in politics is not a distraction from the economy--it is the economy.
May08Clips Round-up for 5/8/12
Today's must-read from Nick Confessore in the Times: "After months on the sidelines, major liberal donors including the financier George Soros are preparing to inject up to $100 million into independent groups to aid Democrats’ chances this fall.
May07Clips Round-up for 5/7/12
Tomorrow, the Center for Community Change and more than a dozen seniors will confront billionaire Sam Zell at the Equity LifeStyle Partners shareholder meeting as the company continues to raise costs and fees on them at the same time Zell is giving money to elect politicians who'll pass policies that'll gouge them even more. Read more on the Public Campaign Action Fund blog.
May01Clips Round-up for 5/1/12
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker raised an eye-popping $13 million in the first few months of 2012 (due to a quirk in the law, he can raise money free of contribution limits): "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's fan list reads like a who's who of some of the richest people in America — financial gurus, a Las Vegas casino president, even an NBA team owner."