Nick Nyhart
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Apr10
VIDEO: Fair Elections Rally in NYC
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart was in New York City last week for a Rally for Fair Elections attended by hundreds of activists from around the city. Watch the video below of Nick's conversations with several speakers at the event:
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Mar20
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart to Speak on Panel with Reps. Larson and Esty
On Tuesday, March 26th, Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart will join Reps. John Larson and Elizabeth Esty at a community forum in Farmington, CT to discuss money-in-politics and policies to raise the voices of everyday people in our political process. Live in Connecticut? Join us! You can RSVP here.
Here are the details:
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Jun19
Congressman Sarbanes and Nick Nyhart host campaign finance reform roundtable
On Tuesday, June 26 from 7pm-9pm, Public Campaign’s Nick Nyhart will participate in a campaign finance reform discussion with Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin.
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Jun05
Clips Round-up for 6/5/12
ABC News had a great piece on presidential bundlers yesterday and the Scott Walker recall is today and Mother Jones has facts about the big spending.
Apr18Momentum is Building in New York
On Monday, we reported that the New York Times editorial board urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) and the legislature to pass Fair Elections legislation. This morning, there are three more important stories on efforts there.
First, from the Associated Press, national organizations are engaging their New York activists on this issue:
Oct11Must Watch: Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart on Dylan Ratigan Show
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart joined businessman Leo Hindery, Jr. on the Dylan Ratigan show yesterday. Nyhart discussed the importance of fixing the broken political system by making big political money toxic and also bringing ordinary people back into our system.
"If you will, we need to "occupy democracy." And getting the ordinary people back in means a small donor based system like the Fair Elections system currently up for debate in Congress."Oct11Clips Round-up for 10/11/11
First off, if you aren't already, make sure to follow Republican presidential candidate @buddyroemer on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/buddyroemer. Lots of real-talk about our broken system.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Get money out, phase 2
Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart and businessman Leo Hindery spoke with Dylan Ratigan yesterday about his get money out campaign.
Jul28Clips round-up for 7/28/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
O’Donnell Wants IRS to Punish Watchdog
Former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell (R) wants the IRS to revoke CREW’s tax-exempt status.
Conservative Group Asks Court to Cut Disclosure RulesJul25Clips 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
May19News Corp. Disclosure Policy Stirs Controversy
This week News Corporation unveiled a new policy of annual disclosure of their political activities. Specifically, the policy mandates that information on corporate political contributions made in 2011 be made available in January of 2012.
While the move is a step in the right direction, many argue it does not go far enough.