In a press conference today, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-M.D.) revealed a legislative response to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. "We need to move very quickly to blunt the corrosive impact of this decision on democracy," noted Rep. Van Hollen. While Public Campaign and Common Cause agree with this assessment, we believe that any response must go further to include public financing of congressional elections.

Common Cause has put out a video highlighting last week's House Administration Committee hearing featuring Law and Order's Sam Waterston and Common Cause's Vice Presidents Arn Pearson and Sarah Dufendach.

The Minnesota Independent has a story today discussing the Fair Elections Now Act in Congress.

Today in the Huffington Post Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause, argues that campaign finance reform is a matter of national security.

Common Cause President and CEO, Bob Edgar, along with South Carolina Common Cause Executive Director, John Crangle penned an op-ed column in South Carolina’s The State newspaper supporting public financing of campaigns as the solution to the pay-to-play politics that have dominated the news recently.