Elizabeth Warren
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Apr13
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and a New York State of Mind
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from March 26 through April 13, 2012.
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Apr10
Clips Round-up for 4/10/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NaJo: Lobbyists OK lobbying reform proposals -
Dec08
Clips Round-up for 12/8/11
We're looking for two smart, hard-working, and ambitious campaign organizers. Know any? http://campaignmoney.org/jobs_campaigners.
Also, if you're following the Richard Cordray vote in the Senate today, we've pulled Wall Street numbers here: http://campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/12/06/background-memo-will-wall-street-money-sway-cfpb-nomination-votes.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Measure to curb union, corporate clout qualifies -
Dec05
Clips Round-up 12/5/2011
Crazy story on the real impact of voter ID laws: 84 year old woman in Wisconsin, born without a birth certificate, can't vote until she pays money to get the clerk to create one--something that could cost from $20 to $200.
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Nov18
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and Good Riddance to an Old Nemesis
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from November 7 through November 18, 2011.
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Oct19
Clips Round-up for 10/19/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Occupy Wall Street planning a national convention, releases potential demands
An Occupy Wall Street working group put out its demands--the first four all have to do with money and politics and influence peddling. You can see them here: https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/. -
Oct11
Clips Round-up for 10/11/11
First off, if you aren't already, make sure to follow Republican presidential candidate @buddyroemer on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/buddyroemer. Lots of real-talk about our broken system.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Get money out, phase 2
Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart and businessman Leo Hindery spoke with Dylan Ratigan yesterday about his get money out campaign.
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Sep16
Clips Round-up for 9/16/11
Congress/2012
Watchdogs want more lobbying info from supercommittee members
"[A] coalition of government reform and transparency organizations are demanding that supercommittee members voluntarily disclose their committee-related contacts with lobbyists and publicly report any campaign donations within 48 hours of receiving them." Transparency is important, should be tied with a halt to fundraising. -
Sep14
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Aug23
Clips Round-up for 8/23/11
Congress/2012
Super Disclose Them
The New York Times wants transparency for the supercommittee and mentions Brennan Center's call for disclosure of spending by outside groups. But, they need to go further!
Open debt talks are a super idea
The Nashua Telegraph wants transparency too.