Clips
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Sep14
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Sep07
Clips Round-up for 9/7/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Fulfilling the promise of "Citizens United" -
Sep06
Clips Round-up for 9/6/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Beware the super PAC
A Washington Post editorial: "Whether the right approach is to press for tighter regulations or new legislation, this much is clear: The growth of the super PAC threatens to make limits on campaign contributions a mere fig leaf barely covering the reality of outsize checks — for which the candidates are undoubtedly grateful to the donor."
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Sep02
Clips Round-up for 9/2/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Obama executive order gets push from interest groups
Good government groups are still pressing the White House on an executive order on disclosure of government contractor political spending. "If he doesn’t have the guts to do it this year, I don’t see why he’s going to have the guts to do it next year."
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Sep01
Clips Round-up for 9/1/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The GOP war on voting
Do read Ari Berman's piece in Rolling Stone. "Just as the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, centrally coordinated campaign to suppress the elements of the Democratic vote that elected Barack Obama in 2008." -
Aug31
Clips Round-up for 8/31/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Full disclosure needed
On the need for disclosure, following the heavy spending in the Wisconsin recall campaigns. "If negative campaigning is the rule of the campaign trail, don't the citizens of the state have a right to know who is shoveling all that horse patooie? Of course they do."
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Aug30
Clips Round-up for 8/30/11
Congress/2012
House GOP leaders outline sweeping attack on EPA rules
The House GOP will spend the fall attacking the EPA. You'll be surprised, of course, at the campaign giving by energy interests so far this year: http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2011/08/29/house-gop-fall-agenda-benefit-energy-interests.
Jon Huntsman's low-dollar debate watch party at Kalorama home -
Aug23
Clips Round-up for 8/23/11
Congress/2012
Super Disclose Them
The New York Times wants transparency for the supercommittee and mentions Brennan Center's call for disclosure of spending by outside groups. But, they need to go further!
Open debt talks are a super idea
The Nashua Telegraph wants transparency too.
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Aug22
Clips Round-up for 8/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Our view: Minor changes won't fix Clean Elections ailment
The Portland Press-Herald editorializes on possible updates to Maine's Clean Elections system to deal with the McComish decision. Increasing the flat fee or allowing extra $5 donations won't do it, they write.
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Aug18
Clips Round-up for 8/18/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Attorney general: state campaign finance law likely unconstitutional
Nebraska's AG has released an opinion stating that he believes the state's public financing law is unconstitutional due to U.S. Supreme Court's McComish decision.
Congress/2012
Amid skepticism, debt panel is pressed for a deal