Clips
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Feb28
Clips Round-up for 2/28/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Politico: Senate may try House STOCK bill
"Senate Democratic and GOP leaders are considering taking up a House-passed version of legislation barring insider trading by lawmakers and congressional aides, a move designed to break a deadlock over the high-profile reform bill." More from AP. -
Feb27
Clips Round-up for 2/27/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Roll Call: Campaign finance onus placed on agencies
"Democrats on Capitol Hill have called for hearings and legislation to rein in unrestricted campaign money, but the real action is at a handful of federal agencies being bombarded with letters from lawmakers, lobbyists and activists." -
Feb24
Clips Round-up for 2/24/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Republic Report: Rally asks US Supreme Court to reconsider Citizens United decision
A good turnout yesterday! "Today...citizens rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to let the court know that it’s time to overturn its 2010 Citizens United decision, which opened the door for unlimited corporate spending in political races." -
Feb23
Clips Round-up for 2/23/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Nancy Pelosi on Colbert Report -
Feb22
2/22/12 clips: Super donors, Shel Adelson, and running out of rich people
Russ Feingold was on the Daily Show last night. Worth a watch!
Free Speech for People, Common Cause, and the Coffee Party are holding a rally at noon tomorrow outside the Supreme Court. If you're in town, check it out!
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Feb21
Clips Round-up for 2/21/12
Hey everyone, stop getting on Shel Adelson's case. He's "against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections." But, he might give $100M to Gingrich anyway.
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Feb17
Clips Round-up for 2/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Sheboygan Press: Disclosure needed on all campaign money
Editorial on disclosure: "At a time when information is becoming more and more available to the average person, it's more than ironic that we see attempts by state and national lawmakers to keep information about who is trying to influence elections from the voters." -
Feb16
Clips Round-up for 2/16/12
New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a new organization of New York civic, business, and philanthropic leaders, launched yesterday. Check out all the press on our blog and on Citizen Action's.
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Feb14
Clips Round-up for 2/14/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Nation: New Mexico legislature to Congress: Amend against "Citizens United"
On the New Mexico legislature's passage of a resolution which "calls on the Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC." -
Feb13
Clips Round-up for 2/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: Attacks on disclosure