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Jan09
Clips round up for 1/9/2013
Lots of press yesterday on SEC rulemaking around political disclosure. The SEC has received 322,000 public comments on the issue. LA Times: "A decision by the U.S.
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Jan08
Clips round up for 1/8/2013
Hey everyone! A big thanks to Kurt for handling the clips while I was on sabbatatical. Now back at it:
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch wrote in the Daily News this weekend that it's time to clean up Albany: "We have every reason to believe that replicating the city’s system of public financing at the state level will have precisely the same effect."
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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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Nov02
Clips round up for 11/2/2012
Tom Hamburger at WaPo: "It is no accident that much of the record spending in this year’s election, now funding an avalanche of last-minute ads across the country, comes from groups with a strong interest in shaping federal tax rules. Tax reform is likely to be at the top of the agenda for the next Congress. And the topic ranks as the No.
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Sep19
Declaration for Accountable Democracy
Public Campaign Action Fund, Public Citizen, Common Cause, and People For The American Way--organizations representing hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens—announced a new campaign today urging federal candidates to declare their support for legislation to restore transparency and accountability in political spending, limit corrosive influence of big money on campaigns, make elections fair, and enhance the opportunity to participate.
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Sep04
DNC's Good, Not Great Campaign Finance Reform Platform
The Democratic Party released their convention platform yesterday, calling for many important campaign finance reform measures.
From the platform:
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May25
Clips round up for 5/25/2012
What are you doing over the holiday weekend? Sens. Mike Enzi and Jeff Sessions will head to the Casa Marina resort in Key Largo for a fundraiser. Me, I'll be at a wedding in West Virginia. Clips will resume Tuesday morning.
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Jul28
Clips round-up for 7/28/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
O’Donnell Wants IRS to Punish Watchdog
Former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell (R) wants the IRS to revoke CREW’s tax-exempt status.
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Jun17
Clips Round-up for 6/17/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Feds Appeal Judge’s Ruling on Campaign Finance Law
“Federal prosecutors on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that prompted howls of protest from campaign-finance reform advocates when he declared the law that bans corporate contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional.”
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Jun16
Clips Round-up for 6/16/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Citizens United Rules Stall at FEC
“After almost 18 months of discussions, memorandums and regulatory debates, the Federal Election Commission failed Wednesday to begin its process for updating regulations in light of the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United.”