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Feb05
Clips Round-up for 2/5/13
On Friday, Mitch McConnell and 42 of his colleagues sent a letter to President Obama pledging to block Rich Cordray's CFPB appointment unless the agency agreed to several concessions to weaken it. Our analysis out this morning: "The 43 U.S.
Jan30Clips Round-up for 1/30/13
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre will appear today in front of the Senate Judiciary committee today for a hearing entitled “What should America do about gun violence?” Public Campaign has the story looking at the money that the NRA has spent to get many of those same committee members elected—$127,200 in contributions and $587,000 in independent expenditures, so it will be interesting to see how those member
Jan29Clips Round-up for 1/29/13
Dave Levinthal and Michael Beckel have launched a new "Primary Source" feature at the Center for Public Integrity, "a space to stay up-to-date on developments in the post-Citizens United world of money in politics." Add it to your bookmarks, folks.
Jan28Clips Round-up for 1/28/13
Lots of interesting stuff in this New York Times story on the secret groups funding the anti-Chuck Hagel attacks, including this detail: "For instance, the biggest individual financier of the so-called super PACs that sought to defeat Mr. Obama, Sheldon Adelson, is so invested in the fight over Mr.
Jan25Clips Round-up for 1/25/13
A Missouri House Committee originally scheduled its hearing on a new voter ID bill for 6:45 am on Tuesday. Yes, a hearing on a bill making it harder to vote at a time that's pretty hard for anyone to get to. The Secretary of State intervened and it has been rescheduled for 8 a.m.
Jan24Clips Round-up for 1/24/13
Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk was sworn in to the New York Senate yesterday and Capital Tonight reports that she "is showing no intention of demobilizing her army of supporters who are pushing for a public financing of political campaigns."
Jan23Clips Round-up for 1/23/13
This event today at Cato, "Campaign Finance after Citizens United: What Happened? What Now?" looks pretty good. They will also livestream it. And tomorrow, the Brennan Center will host "Creating a Modern Voting System for All Americans" at the National Press Club.
Jan22Clips Round-up for 1/22/13
On Friday, the final votes in the contested New York Senate race were counted and Democrat Cecelia Tkaczyk won by 19. The campaign turned on the issue of money-in-politics—making this win an important one in the fight to pass Fair Elections in New York State.
Jan17Clips Round-up for 1/17/13
As I mentioned yesterday, Congressional Democrats introduced a trio of public financing bills yesterday. Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart: "After an election that saw record-setting campaign spending and big money donations, we welcome these efforts toward making our government truly of, by, and for the people.
Jan16Clips Round-up for 1/16/13
Democratic Congressmen John Yarmuth, John Sarbanes, and David Price each introduced public financing legislation last night. Congressman John Larson, chair of the Caucus' DARE Task Force on campaign finance and electoral reform issues, will work with the members to develop a bill that combines the best parts of all three. Yarmuth is taking over for Larson on the Fair Elections Now Act, legislation Public Campaign has endorsed since its House introduction in 2009.