fundraising
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Feb16
Clips Round-up for 2/16/12
New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a new organization of New York civic, business, and philanthropic leaders, launched yesterday. Check out all the press on our blog and on Citizen Action's.
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Feb13
Clips Round-up for 2/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
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Jan26
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Jan24
Clips Round-up for 1/24/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Democrat and Chronicle: Action needed on campaign reform
Editorial from New York: "So Cuomo says he will introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would call for public financing of campaigns and limits on the maximum donations that can be made to candidates. Good. He must then follow through — forcefully." -
Jan08
Chugwater Chili Chowdown and 9 Other Unique Fundraisers
Members of Congress have to raise a lot of money every year to get re-elected and they have to hold countless fundraisers to do it. That means getting creative with your invites. Our top 10 most unique fundraising invites from 2011 are below. (Courtesy of Sunlight Foundation's PoliticalPartyTime.org.)
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Jan06
Clips Round-up for 1/6/12
Best resource of the day? Sunlight Foundation's cheat sheet on super PACs: http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/super-pac-table/. Add it to your bookmarks!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Time to amend: No more half measures in campaign finance reform -
Nov29
Clips Round-up for 11/29/11
Oh no! Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) isn't running for re-election! A Fair Elections supporter, Frank once said, "We’re the only people I know who are expected to take large amounts of money from perfect strangers and have it have no effect on our behavior." Here's the Globe story on his departure: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/11/29/barney_frank_potent_political_force_and_master_of_one_liners/?p1=News_links.
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Nov16
Clips Round-up for 11/16/11
First, two important notes. We are happy to welcome a new ally in our fight to put elections back in the hands of voters--United Republic. Make sure to check out their site: http://unitedrepublic.org.
Second, a report we co-wrote with PICO National Network on the influence of private prisons is being released this week at PICO's National Clergy Gathering in New Orleans. Proud to work with them on this. The report is here: http://publicampaign.org/reports/unholyalliance.
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Nov10
Clips Round-up for 11/10/11
On Tuesday, ThinkProgress reported how Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) flew off the handle and yelled at a constituent that, "Don't blame banks, and don't blame the marketplace for the mess we're in right now! I am tired of hearing that crap!" Well, we're tired of hearing politicians do the bidding of Wall Street. I am tired of hearing THAT crap. So, we launched a new site: http://iamtiredofhearingthatcrap.tumblr.com/. What are you tired of hearing of?
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Nov04
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the Pay-to-play D.C. Culture from the Preeminent Expert in the Field
A recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from October 31 through November 4, 2011.