President Obama
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Jun17
Clips Round-up for 6/17/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Feds Appeal Judge’s Ruling on Campaign Finance Law
“Federal prosecutors on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that prompted howls of protest from campaign-finance reform advocates when he declared the law that bans corporate contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional.”
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Jun15
Clips Round-up for 6/15/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Citizens United: Corrupting Campaign Clarity
Norm Ornstein has this great article on the detrimental effects of Citizens United v. FEC. -
Jun14
Clips Round-up for 6/14/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Lawmakers Set to Double Donor Limits For Gubernatorial Candidates -
Jun13
Clips Round-up for 6/13/11
Campaign Finance/Fair ElectionsA great profile on Common Cause Minnesota's Mike Dean and the accountability campaign against Target and its political spending.May24Clips Round-up for 5/24/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Members weigh in on draft disclosure orderMay20Clips Round-up for 5/20/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Curbing campaign cash
The Nation is all over this in their current issue! "Instead of heading into the ditch of pay-to-play politics with the Republicans, Democrats—led by President Obama—should continue along the high road. Most Americans are already there waiting for them."
May16Let's End the Secret Money Arms Race
They say actions speak louder than words. But in the world of money in politics, this mantra seems to have fallen on deaf ears. While President Obama and many members of Congress have called for changes to our campaign finance system, thus far rhetoric seems to have prevailed over concrete results.
As The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel notes in her recent column, it's time that members of leadership demonstrate their commitment to Fair Elections:
May02Clips Round-up for 5/2/11
Priorities USA Roundup
Obama's campaign ad controversy
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7364466n&tag=contentMain%3BcontentBody
Adam Smith was briefly on CBS Evening News on Saturday to talk about the new Democratic outside group, Priorities USA. Lots of those on this list in the news over this. Here's a sampling:Apr28Clips Round-up for 4/28/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
A campaign-finance bill that doesn't pass muster
George Will trots out tired old arguments against Fair Elections-style legislation and continues the de-former freak out over disclosure.
Apr25