DISCLOSE
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Jan07
Clips round up for 1/7/2013
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
HuffPost: Cynthia Bauerly, FEC Commissioner, To Resign On February 1
Maybe this will actually force President Obama to appoint commissioners to the FEC? Even before Bauerly’s resignation, five of six positions were filled by commissioners on expired terms.
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Dec06
McConnell Looks to House for Firewall Against Campaign Finance Reform
After an election that saw unprecedented amounts of secret money, which left voters in the dark about who was trying to influence their vote, The Hill reports that more and more Republican senators are discussing the need for better disclosure laws.
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Aug30
Clips round up for 8/30/2012
Yesterday during a reddit AMA, President Obama called for a constitutional amendment and reiterated his support for DISCLOSE and banning lobbyists from bundling contributions. As HuffPost points out, this isn't necessarily news--Jim Messina said Obama supported the amendment in February--but Obama bringing it up does add more weight.
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Apr20
Think Money in Politics is a Problem? You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
On Wednesday, House Democrats, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and campaign finance reform champion Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) held a forum centered on the issue of money in politics. They showed they understood the abysmal state of how our nation’s elections our paid for — and heard grim testimony from experts that the “perfect storm of money in politics” in 2012 will only continue to get worse if we do not enact reform.
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Apr02
VIDEO: Sen. Durbin Speaks on Increasing Fairness and Transparency
Last week, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) spoke at a hearing of the Senate Rules Committee to discuss efforts in Congress to increase transparency in election spending and limit the influence of special interests lobbyists and corporations.
At 1:38, he explains that although he supports the DISCLOSE Act, he argues that in order to get to the heart of the problem that Congress needs to pass the Fair Elections Now Act:
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Mar28
When Transparency Wasn't a Dirty Word
On Thursday, the Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing on the DISCLOSE Act of 2012, legislation that would strengthen disclosure requirements for outside groups working to influence elections.
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Mar23
Clips Round-up for 3/23/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
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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. -
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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May16
Let's End the Secret Money Arms Race
They say actions speak louder than words. But in the world of money in politics, this mantra seems to have fallen on deaf ears. While President Obama and many members of Congress have called for changes to our campaign finance system, thus far rhetoric seems to have prevailed over concrete results.
As The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel notes in her recent column, it's time that members of leadership demonstrate their commitment to Fair Elections: