FEC
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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.”
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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. -
Jun13
Clips Round-up for 6/13/11
Campaign Finance/Fair ElectionsA great profile on Common Cause Minnesota's Mike Dean and the accountability campaign against Target and its political spending.Jun01Clips Round-up for 6/1/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Judge asks for briefing on whether he should reconsider ruling on direct corporate contribution ban
The judge who last week overturned a ban on direct corporate contributions to candidates may be questioning that decision.May27Clips Round-up for 5/27/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
GOP bills curb effects of donor orderMay17Clips Round-up for 5/17/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Let's end the secret money arms race
Great new piece from The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on how Democrats need to take leadership on transparency measures and Fair Elections. Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart: "Our country’s biggest problems won’t be solved for the many if the process is fixed by the money."
May16Clips Round-up for 5/16/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Transparency vs. pay-to-play corruption
John Nichols writes, "Though Obama's order would be a small step, that does not make it any less necessary to the struggle to restore integrity to the electoral and governing processes that have been so tainted by corporate bribes, er, contributions."May12Clips Round-up for 5/12/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Bills would weaken--or eliminate--Maine's Clean Elections Act
Gov. LePage may have dropped his plans to defund Clean Elections in the budget, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods yet.
Mar16Clips Round-up for 3/16/11
Don’t forget to spread the word about our protest this evening: http://www.campaignmoney.org/march16
Protest
Labor brawl lands on K Street
Groups to protest GOP fundraiser in DC
Mar15Clips Round-up for 3/15/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Obama cannot ignore the FEC any longer
Public Citizen’s Craig Holman has this op-ed on the broken FEC and how Obama can fix it.