Clips
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Aug17
Clips Round-up for 8/17/11
Congress
Deficit supercommittee members have close ties to many lobbyists
"More than 100 former staffers of the bipartisan, bicameral supercommittee members have gone to work for entities that lobby Congress, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics." And that's why we need disclosure and a break from fundraising.
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Aug12
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Aug11
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Aug10
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Aug09
Clips Round-up 8/9/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Appeals court upholds campaign finance ban on foreign donations -
Aug08
Clips Round-up 8/8/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
I.R.S. handling of donations draws ire of both parties.
A "group of four anonymous political donors is accusing the [I.R.S.] of playing politics on behalf of those Republicans and demanding that it make a decision immediately about whether the gift tax applies to donations to advocacy groups or not."
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Aug05
Clips Round-up for 8/5/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Edwards donor pleads guilty to illegal donations -
Aug03
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Aug02
Clips Round-up for 8/2/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Rejection in Renzi case might kick it -
Aug01
Clips Round-up for 8/1/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Editorial: Why is Congress tied up in knots?
This Sacramento Bee editorial provides a few solutions to our broken Congress. One includes providing more campaign finance transparency--particularly by requiring Senators to file reports electronically