revolving door
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Feb28
Clips round up for 2/28/2013
Justice Scalia was really being Justice Scalia yesterday at oral arguments for the challenge to Section 5: he called it "perpetuation of a racial entitlement" that Congress would never overturn because the name of the bill sounded nice. Sotomayor fired back to the lawyer: "Do you think the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?"
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Mar21
Clips round up for 3/21/2012
First off, the documentary Priceless will be on many local PBS station starting in April. Click here to see when it will be on in your area. If you want to host a house party, let me know! (It's really good, you should plan on watching it.)
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Sep26
NEW REPORT: Wall Street and the Supercommittee
Public Campaign, along with National People's Action, released a new report today: "Wall Street and the Supercommittee: The $41 Million Question." The report details the close ties from Wall Street and other financial industry interests to the supercommittee.
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Aug19
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and How a Penny Became Not Nearly Enough For Your Thoughts
Here's a round-up of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's work for the week of Aug 15-Aug 19, 2011.
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Jun23
Clips Round-up for 6/23/11
May20Boehner's Boeing Ties
On April 20th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint alleging that “Boeing’s decision to transfer a second production line for its new 787 Dreamline passenger plane to South Carolina was motivated by an unlawful desire to retaliate against union workers for their past strikes in Washington and to discourage future strikes."
Apr19Boehner's revolving door swings again
Roll Call reports this morning that Jay Cranford, “a policy aide to Speaker John Boehner is leaving the Hill to join the lobby shop of Clark Lytle & Geduldig.”