Congress
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Feb14
Clips Round-up for 2/14/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Nation: New Mexico legislature to Congress: Amend against "Citizens United"
On the New Mexico legislature's passage of a resolution which "calls on the Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC." -
Feb13
Clips Round-up for 2/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: Attacks on disclosure -
Feb09
Rep. Chellie Pingree: Recovering Democracy After Citizens United
In an op-ed today, Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) speaks out against the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and advocates for the Fair Elections Now Act.
Rep. Pingree, an original co-sponsor of the legislation, notes how the Fair Elections-style system in her home state of Maine has seen success and how that could translate to a better, more inclusive system on the federal level:
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Feb09
Clips Round-up 2/9/12
Hey, have you signed the petition on the White House website urging President Obama to appoint new FEC commissioners? We need about 1,500 more (by tomorrow!) to reach the 25,000 goal. Please help!
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Feb06
Clips Round-up for 2/6/12
Start your week off by reading this article from The Onion: "according to Capitol Hill sources, Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) came to the painful realization this week that agribusiness lobbyist Stephen Fischer, who had been kind and generous toward him for months and had often met up with him for drinks after work, was not, in fact, his friend."
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Feb02
Clips Round-up for 2/2/12
Fourth Quarter Fundraising
NYT: Secrecy shrouds "super PAC" funds in latest filings -
Jan30
Clips Round-up or 1/30/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Salon: The grim future of campaign finance
Justin Elliott interviews Fred Wertheimer on the future of campaign finance. -
Jan27
Clips Round-up for 1/27/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Statement by the press secretary on legislation to ban insider trading by members of Congress
From the White House on insider trading legislation for Congress. And the Senate will vote on it. -
Jan24
Clips Round-up for 1/24/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Democrat and Chronicle: Action needed on campaign reform
Editorial from New York: "So Cuomo says he will introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would call for public financing of campaigns and limits on the maximum donations that can be made to candidates. Good. He must then follow through — forcefully." -
Jan23
Clips Round-up for 1/23/12
Important tidbit from the New York Times preview of the State of the Union: "Mr. Obama will also propose political changes, perhaps in campaign finance. Those would tap the sentiment of many Americans, expressed among both Tea Party and Occupy protesters on the political right and left, that the system is rigged against them in favor of a privileged few."