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Feb22
Clips Round-up for 2/22/13
Our friends in New York did a series of events yesterday on corporate tax loopholes and the need for Fair Elections. Citizen Action's Karen Scharff: "This new analysis shows that if New York had tax policies that make good economic sense, instead of giving away tax payer cash to multinational corporations, we’d save billions.
Feb20Clips Round-up for 2/20/13
The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a challenge to aggregate contribution limits.
Feb19Clips Round-up for 2/19/13
“We need a system that’s one person, one vote, not one dollar, one vote," Dan Cantor told Bill Moyers in the latest episode of Moyers & Company on money in politics and the campaign to pass Fair Elections in New York. Check it out.
Feb15Clips Round-up for 2/15/13
Check your local listings for the latest episode of Moyers & Company, which features Friends of Democracy's Jonathan Soros and Working Families Party's Dan Cantor. Here's the preview for the episode, "The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive."
Feb14Clips Round-up for 2/14/13
Happy Valentine's Day. Here's a highly sophisticated artistic rendering of Jim Inhofe's "Valentine Lunch" fundraiser today.
Feb13Clips Round-up for 2/13/13
President Obama called for a new bipartisan presidential voting commission in last night's State of the Union, led by Obama campaign lawyer Bob Bauer and Romney campaign lawyer Ben Ginsberg.
Feb12Clips Round-up for 2/12/13
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Moyers: Empowering America through the ballot box
The Brennan Center's suggestion on what the President should say about voting rights in tonight's State of the Union.Feb08Clips Round-up for 2/8/13
Organizing for Action, the 501(c)4 group the Obama campaign is now transitioning into, yesterday posted a statement of purpose on its website. Laying out gun reform, climate change, and immigration as three priority issues this coming year, the organization also made statements (or non-statements) related to elections and campaign finance law.
Feb07Clips Round-up for 2/7/13
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
USA Today: Ex-House members spend campaign money after they depart
File this under legal but questionable: “Former House members are spending their leftover money to pay for everything from luxury cars to foundations that bear their names, a USA TODAY review of new campaign-finance reports shows.”
Feb06Clips Round-up for 2/6/13
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee was out yesterday with a TV spot in Kentucky featuring a Kentucky veteran criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for opposing gun reform, while taking nearly $200,000 in campaign contributions from gun interests.