federal public financing


Sen. Durbin on Bill Moyers Journal
Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:58am.
Sen. Dick Durbin, the lead sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act in the Senate, went on Bill Moyers Journal to discuss his issues with the banking industry and his efforts to create a public financing system for congressional campaigns.
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Protect Planet by Strengthening Democracy
Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 10:37am.

James Gustave Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, calls for the Fair Elections Now Act as a remedy to the special interest money from the energy industry pouring into campaign coffers.



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Taking the Money Out of Politics
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 3:56pm.
A student at Boston University calls for the Fair Elections Now Act.
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Rep. Jim Himes on the Fair Elections Now Act
Submitted by Monica Rober on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 3:54pm.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) recently spoke with bloggers in Connecticut and announced his support of the Fair Elections Now Act.
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Op-Ed in Times-Gazette
Submitted by Monica Rober on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 2:17pm.

Bill Horne, a college professor in Ohio, argues that we need a congressional public financing bill in an Op-Ed in The Times-Gazette.


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Money on My Mind
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 12:44pm.

Jay Mandle, a professor of economics at Colgate University, discusses the Fair Elections Now Act in Democracy Matters' monthly column, "Money on My Mind."


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