The Fair Elections Now Act has come to the House!  A companion bill to the Senate legislation to create a full public financing program for congressional elections has been introduced in the House by Reps. John Larson (D-CT) and Walter Jones Jr. (R-NC).  This bipartisan introduction represents a major step forward for our efforts to bring the Fair and Clean Elections programs that have worked so well in seven states and two cities to Congress.

Missed this one on the day it was published but I was glad to see it today. Jack Miller of Indianapolis wrote a great letter to the editor in support of the Fair Elections Now Act, public financing of elections, and the real "change" we've been hearing so much about this presidential race. Full letter after the jump.

Monte Asbury excerpts a recent interview with Clean Elections champion Jim Hightower on his blog, and notes with enthusiasm the promise inherent in the working Clean Elections programs in states like Arizona, Maine, and most recently Connecticut.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation keeps up a blog called Editor's Cut with her reflections on the news and politics. She devotes this entry to issues of democracy that we must pay closer attention to -- from addressing voter fraud, to implementing instant run-off voting, to passing Fair and Clean Elections through Congress to ensure that once those voters make their choices, their representatives are free to represent their interests.

Representatives of the Unity '08 group are meeting in Norman, Oklahoma to address what they perceive to be a growing threat of partisanship to progress on vital issues. Public Campaign's President, Nick Nyhart, wrote this piece for yesterday's Oklahoman suggesting that a greater divide exists beyond partisanship: candidates with access to money and candidates without.

Former Iowa Rep. Berkley Bedell writes in the Des Moines Register that he believes most elected officials want to do the right thing for their constituents, but that their efforts are no match for the pervasive, and persuasive, power of big money in Washington.