New York
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Jun08
Clips Round-up for 6/8/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Reform is needed
Sen. Claire McCaskill doubles down on her opposition to government contractor disclosure in this op-ed in the Post-Dispatch. She should've mentioned her support for Fair Elections.
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Jun07
Clips Round-up for 6/7/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Why the 2012 election will be the most expensive ever -
Jun02
Clips Round-up for 6/2/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Conflict of interest: Contractors and their political spending
Marketplace talks to Robert Reich about government contractor transparency.
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May27
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and How Rep. Darrell Issa Learned to NOT Blame Big Oil
Here's a round-up of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's work for the week of May 23-27, 2011.
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Apr18
Clips Round up for April 18, 2011
Campaign Finance/Ethics/Fair Elections
You get the judges you pay for, by James Sample and Erwin Chemerisky
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/opinion/18sample.html
An interesting op-ed in the Times on judicial elections--they're here to stay, so people should push spending limits and robust recusal standards. -
Mar21
Clips Round-up for 3/21/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Supporting Clean Elections fund keeps politics fair
This letter in Maine reminds Mainers to check the box on their tax form that gives money to the Clean Elections fund.
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Mar07
Clips Round-up for 3/7/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Clarence Thomas and the politicization of the Supreme Court
Common Cause board chair Robert Reich has this post on Salon about Justice Thomas’ political problem.
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Mar01
Letter to Gov. Cuomo
The Wall Street Journal reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will receive a letter today signed by several prominent former politicians, political donors, and clergy urging him to push for publicly financed Voter-Owned Elections for statewide and legislative campaigns in New York. Signed by the likes of former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley and former Mayor Ed Koch, the letter calls for Gov.
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Feb16
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Feb15