donors
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Sep05
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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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Mar05
Clips Round-up for 3/5/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Politico: FEC's bad rap getting worse
"Meet the Federal Election Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance law. This six-person panel has long been slow-moving and frequently divided, but this year its members have taken their reputation to new heights just as money emerges as the biggest legal issue of the season." -
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."
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Aug15
MapLight.org Profiles the Donors to Super Committee Members
Our friends at MapLight.org have put out a detailed report on where the Super Committee tasked with deficit reduction get their campaign money. All 12 members are profiled.
It will be very interesting to see how much influence campaign donors and wealthy special interests will have on the process. We'll be following it every step of the way.
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Mar31
Clips Round-up for 3/31/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
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Oct21
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Sep21