Michele Bachmann
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Dec05
Clips Round-up 12/5/2011
Crazy story on the real impact of voter ID laws: 84 year old woman in Wisconsin, born without a birth certificate, can't vote until she pays money to get the clerk to create one--something that could cost from $20 to $200.
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Nov18
Clips Round-up for 11/18/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Disenfranchise no more
Rick Hasen on voter ID laws, etc.
Congress/2012
Private Prisons industry: Increasing incarcerations, maximizing profits, and corrupting our democracy -
Sep23
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Sep16
End of Summer Recap: The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the Summer of Special Interest Money "Well" Spent
It's been a whirlwind end of the summer. Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from August 19-September 16, 2011.
FROM THE BLOG:
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Sep14
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Aug22
Clips Round-up for 8/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Our view: Minor changes won't fix Clean Elections ailment
The Portland Press-Herald editorializes on possible updates to Maine's Clean Elections system to deal with the McComish decision. Increasing the flat fee or allowing extra $5 donations won't do it, they write.
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Aug18
Clips Round-up for 8/18/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Attorney general: state campaign finance law likely unconstitutional
Nebraska's AG has released an opinion stating that he believes the state's public financing law is unconstitutional due to U.S. Supreme Court's McComish decision.
Congress/2012
Amid skepticism, debt panel is pressed for a deal -
Jul25
Clips round-up for 7/25/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Plan to cut budget of ethics office fails House vote
Rep. Mel Watt's (D-N.C.) efforts to slash the ethics office budget failed after people weren't allowed to vote anonymously.
Lobbyists campaign contributions are the real issue- 2012
- Big Oil
- Bob Edgar
- bundlers
- Citizens United
- Clips
- Common Cause
- consumer financial protection agency
- David Donnelly
- FEC
- Fred Upton
- fundraising
- Jack Abramoff
- Koch Brothers
- Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
- McComish v. Bennett
- Michele Bachmann
- Nick Nyhart
- Office of Congressional Ethics
- PACs
- President Obama
- public campaign
- Rupert Murdoch
- Wall Street
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Jul20
ONE YEAR LATER: After Dodd-Frank Financial Reform, Do the Banks Still Run the Place?
This Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,” legislation passed by Congress to rein in the banks and protect consumers from the practices that led to the economic collapse. Since it’s passage, Wall Street interests have continued to exert influence over Congress in efforts to weaken, repeal, or as one bank lobbyist said recently, “reform the reform.”
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Jul18
Clips Round-up for 7/18/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Did ethics staff taint Waters probe?