Public Campaign and Common Cause have issued a joint press release on Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) controversial request to delay a vote on an omnibus spending bill to attend a fundraiser.

Speaking about the Fair Elections Now Act at a forum at the Center for American Progress, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) commented that President Lyndon Johnson wouldn't have been able to pass Medicare in today's political climate.

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The National Journal profiles the top 25 groups spending money to influence the health care debate.

A new study by the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation shows a correlation between outside lobbyist and client giving to campaigns.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) suggests that the health care reform efforts beg for another reform - the public financing of elections.

The San Francisco Chronicle details how health care industry lobbyists are funneling hoards of campaign cash to senators in charge of health care reform.