Clips
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Apr30
Clips Round-up for 4/30/12
Read this Reuters story on childhood obesity and the big money that food and beverage industries spend on politics: "At every level of government, the food and beverage industries won fight after fight during the last decade. They have never lost a significant political battle in the United States despite mounting scientific evidence of the role of unhealthy food and children's marketing in obesity.
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Apr27
Clips Round-up for 4/27/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: Opening the broadcasters' books -
Apr26
Clips Round-up for 4/26/12
CRP breaks down the trends in first quarter fundraising for House races. Worth a read!
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Apr24
Clips Round-up for 4/24/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Slate: Let John Edwards go! -
Apr23
Clips Round-up for 4/23/12
Important curtain-raiser in the Times over the weekend on ALEC, featuring the awesome work of our friends down the hall, Common Cause: "But a review of internal ALEC documents shows that [creating model bills] is only one facet of a sophisticated operation for shaping public policy at a state-by-state level.
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Apr20
Clips Round-up for 4/20/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
YNN: Campaign finance reform -
Apr19
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Apr17
Clips Round-up for 4/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Times-Union: United front for reform
"The good-government advocates. The wonks. The progressive groups appalled by the profusion of money in politics. All plan to unite for a six-week push for partial public financing of campaigns, a perennial reform issue for which they've beaten their heads against a wall over the better part of a decade." -
Apr16
Clips Round-up for 4/16/12
On Sunday, the New York Times editorial page urged Gov. Cuomo and the New York legislature to move forward with Fair Elections: "While New York waits for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to keep his promise to reform its election system, some powerful New Yorkers are stepping into the vacuum.
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Apr10
Clips Round-up for 4/10/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NaJo: Lobbyists OK lobbying reform proposals