Presidential public financing

Dec02

The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and How the GOP House Will Stop at Nothing to Further Empower Special Interests

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Dec 02, 2011

Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from November 21 through December 2, 2011.

Dec01

Clips Round-up for 12/1/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 01, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Reform groups trying to preserve presidential public financing system
On the letter a lot of us sent up to the Hill opposing efforts to end presidential public financing
- And PCAF put out this statement yesterday saying the vote on this will be used for our electoral targeting decisions next year: http://campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/11/30/watchdog-watching-presidential-public-financing-vote.

Nov30

Public Campaign Joins Reform Groups Urging a "NO" Vote on Bill to End Presidential Public Financing

Submitted by John Papagiannis on Nov 30, 2011

Public Campaign joined 10 other reform groups, including Common Cause and People for the American Way, in sending a letter to Congress urging members to vote "NO" on H.R.

Nov29

Clips Round-up for 11/29/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Nov 29, 2011

Oh no! Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) isn't running for re-election! A Fair Elections supporter, Frank once said, "We’re the only people I know who are expected to take large amounts of money from perfect strangers and have it have no effect on our behavior." Here's the Globe story on his departure: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/11/29/barney_frank_potent_political_force_and_master_of_one_liners/?p1=News_links.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections

Oct25

Clips Round-up for 10/25/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Oct 25, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Presidential campaigns seek fundraising's holy grail: Mobile donations
Really interesting look at the desire for mobile donations for campaigns--but there are things getting in the way.

Maplight on AlJazeera

Jul07

Clips round-up for 7/7/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Jul 07, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
AZ elections no longer free or fair
An op-ed from the student newspaper at the University of Arizona: "Last week in a narrow 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upended Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Act, dealing yet another crippling blow to the democratic process."