Clips
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May20
Clips Round-up for 5/20/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Curbing campaign cash
The Nation is all over this in their current issue! "Instead of heading into the ditch of pay-to-play politics with the Republicans, Democrats—led by President Obama—should continue along the high road. Most Americans are already there waiting for them."
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May19
Clips Round-up for 5/19/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Taxman cometh
Great rebuttal from the Brennan Center to the Wall Street Journal's hysterical op-ed yesterday on the gift tax.
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May17
Clips Round-up for 5/17/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Let's end the secret money arms race
Great new piece from The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on how Democrats need to take leadership on transparency measures and Fair Elections. Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart: "Our country’s biggest problems won’t be solved for the many if the process is fixed by the money."
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May16
Clips Round-up for 5/16/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Transparency vs. pay-to-play corruption
John Nichols writes, "Though Obama's order would be a small step, that does not make it any less necessary to the struggle to restore integrity to the electoral and governing processes that have been so tainted by corporate bribes, er, contributions." -
May13
Clips Round-up for 5/13/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Hearing underrepresented small business, leaders say -
May11
Clips Round-up for 5/11/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
New poll: Maine voters overwhelmingly want to keep Clean Elections
There's a new poll out in Maine, and no surprise, voters don't want the legislature to end Clean Elections. -
May10
Clips Round-up for 5/10/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Assaults on workers and voting rights: an organized attack to shift political power
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart and Demos’ Tova Wang write that the assault on voting rights, union rights, and campaign finance system are a concerted effort to shift political power. -
May09
Clips Round-up for 5/9/11
Though not invited to the debate in South Carolina last week, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Buddy Roemer provided some of his own responses. Here's his closing remarks on "what wasn't discussed: money in politics." http://youtu.be/mFHPIKZsvvE
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May06
Clips Round-up for 5/6/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Why the GOP should support publicly funded campaigns
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) responds to George Will's lame column bashing Fair Elections. -
May05
Clips Round-up for 5/5/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Recuse me
Linda Greenhouse writes this column about calls for judicial recusal--focusing mostly on Prop 8 but also mentioning Common Cause's efforts with Scalia and Thomas, and Sierra Club with Scalia.