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Jul11

Clips Round-up for 7/11/11

Submitted by akumar@publicampaign.org on Jul 11, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Clean Elections take a hit, by Renee Loth
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/07/09/clean_elections_take_a_hit/
A good, though somewhat pessimistic, piece in the Globe by Renee on the McComish decision. "The story of unchecked corporate power is everywhere. Somebody needs to write a new ending."

Apr22

Wall Street Lobbies Big In 1st Quarter

Submitted by Adam Smith on Apr 22, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reports today (via our friends at ThinkProgress), that “Wall Street and the financial industry spent more to lobby Washington in the first quarter of this year than a year ago when Congress was writing sweeping financial-overhaul legislation.”

Mar17

Clips Round-up for 3/17/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Mar 17, 2011

Great protest in DC yesterday—here are a few hits to start:

Monica took a lot of pictures of the event yesterday, you can check them out on our blog: http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2011/03/16/what-democracy-looks.