Mitt Romney
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Dec06
Clips Round-up for 12/6/11
"Failure to update the matching funds component of the law to reflect modern realities would marginalize voters by making the Legislature for sale to the highest bidder," the Times Record <http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2011/12/05/opinion/editorials/doc4edd04d02d33c159554599.txt> in Maine editorializes on the state's Clean Elections system. Our David Donnelly, who ran the Clean Elections ballot initiative campaign, points out this was the first paper to endorse the plan back then.
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Nov30
Clips Round-up for 11/30/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Legislative panel sputters on Clean Elections consensus
Ugh: A Maine House committee failed to come to a consensus yesterday to fix the Clean Elections program. They just removed the triggers.
- More here: http://www.pressherald.com/news/gop-may-get-last-word-on-clean-election-funds_2011-11-30.html
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Nov28
Clips Round-up 11/28/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
FEC to tell Mike Lee he can't form his very own super PAC -
Nov22
Clips Round-up for 11/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Uncoordinated coordination: Six reasons limits on super PACs are barely limits at all
On the fiction of contribution limits in the age of super PACs.
Newt Gingrich, the man who changed Washington -
Nov14
Clips Round-up 11/14/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Campaign Jungle
The NYT is not pleased with candidate super PACs: "The time has come for the Department of Justice to step in and pursue criminal complaints against the candidate PACs. Limits on spending used to prevent donations from becoming outright bribes, but now the limits are gone, and the path to corruption is clear."
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Nov07
Clips Round-up 11/7/2011
Jack Abramoff was on 60 Minutes last night. Check it out: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387331n&tag=contentMain;contentBody. "Giving a gift to somebody who makes a decision on behalf of the public.
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Nov02
Clips Round-up for 11/2/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Outside groups may open door to lifting spending caps
What we're watching: "The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision has stirred favorable rumblings about a campaign finance proposal once favored only by GOP lawmakers: Unlimited donations and full transparency."
Legal fees eat into campaign coffers -
Nov01
Clips Round-up for 11/1/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Throw a light on secret funds
A call for transparency from Arizona.
Systemic corruption for rich and poor -
Oct28
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and Just the Guy We've Been Longing to Hear From on Income Inequality
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from October 24 through October 28, 2011.
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Oct26
Clips Round-up for 10/26/11
This first story felt like it needed to stand on its own:
Tucker Carlson on hosting Jack Abramoff book party: "What he did is hardly out of the ordinary for Washington"