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Jun15
Clips Round-up for 6/15/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Citizens United: Corrupting Campaign Clarity
Norm Ornstein has this great article on the detrimental effects of Citizens United v. FEC. -
May27
Clips Round-up for 5/27/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
GOP bills curb effects of donor order -
May25
Clips Round-up for 5/25/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
John Edwards May Face Criminal Charges
Uh Oh. “Multiple reports say former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards will soon be indicted by the Justice Department on criminal charges for allegedly violating campaign finance laws in an effort to cover up his extramarital affair.”
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May24
Clips Round-up for 5/24/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Members weigh in on draft disclosure order -
May20
Check Out Our Work This Week!
Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund were hard at work this week putting out a variety of memos, statements, and reports. Here's a round up of our recent work:
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May19
News Corp. Disclosure Policy Stirs Controversy
This week News Corporation unveiled a new policy of annual disclosure of their political activities. Specifically, the policy mandates that information on corporate political contributions made in 2011 be made available in January of 2012.
While the move is a step in the right direction, many argue it does not go far enough. -
May13
Clips Round-up for 5/13/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Hearing underrepresented small business, leaders say -
May12
Public Campaign Letter to Joint Hearing Co-chairs Urges Disclosure, Calls for Fair Elections
Public Campaign sent a letter today to Reps. Darrell Issa and Sam Graves, who are co-chairing a joint hearing by the Oversight and Government Reform and Small Business Committees on President Obama’s proposed executive order concerning disclosure of political activity by certain government contractors.
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May11
Clips Round-up for 5/11/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
New poll: Maine voters overwhelmingly want to keep Clean Elections
There's a new poll out in Maine, and no surprise, voters don't want the legislature to end Clean Elections. -
May09
Clips Round-up for 5/9/11
Though not invited to the debate in South Carolina last week, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Buddy Roemer provided some of his own responses. Here's his closing remarks on "what wasn't discussed: money in politics." http://youtu.be/mFHPIKZsvvE
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections