Congress
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Jan20
Clips Round-up for 1/20/12
We released new polling yesterday with Democracy Corps on Citizens United and money and politics. Check it out! More at Campaigns and Elections.
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Jan17
Clips Round-up for 1/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NY Post: For cleaner campaigns
Letters from the Consumers Union and NYC Campaign Finance Board in support of public financing. -
Jan13
Clips Round-up for 1/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Back to the robber barons
The New York Times does not like the RNC's support of direct corporate contributions. -
Jan12
Clips Round-up for 1/12/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
A plan to take on the super PACs
Interesting piece about super PACs, Rep. John Sarbanes, and the Fair Elections Now Act.
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Jan11
Clips Round-up for 1/11/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
GOP: Corporate donation ban unconstitutional
From the department of bad optics: "The century-old ban on corporate donations to federal political campaigns should be junked as unconstitutional, the Republican National Committee argued in a legal brief filed Tuesday that could lead to new attacks on the GOP as beholden to corporate money." -
Jan08
Chugwater Chili Chowdown and 9 Other Unique Fundraisers
Members of Congress have to raise a lot of money every year to get re-elected and they have to hold countless fundraisers to do it. That means getting creative with your invites. Our top 10 most unique fundraising invites from 2011 are below. (Courtesy of Sunlight Foundation's PoliticalPartyTime.org.)
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Jan06
Clips Round-up for 1/6/12
Best resource of the day? Sunlight Foundation's cheat sheet on super PACs: http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/super-pac-table/. Add it to your bookmarks!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Time to amend: No more half measures in campaign finance reform -
Jan05
Clips Round-up for 1/5/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Cuomo calls for public financing
Gov. Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said yesterday in his State of the State that the legislature should pass public financing and do it this year. Here's a news roundup on it.
The American Prospect has a new special report up on money in politics. Highlights:
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Dec22
Clips Round-up for 12/22/11
This will (likely) be the last clips report of 2011. Thanks for reading--see you on the other side!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
When is a lobbyist not a lobbyist
Interesting piece from Howard Marlowe on the need to close the lobbyist loophole.
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Dec12
Clips Round-up for 12/12/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Donor secrecy in political campaigns is unethical
"The enormous stash of secret money already flooding into this presidential race makes Watergate look quaint."
Who is paying for political ads?