Sen. Dick DurbinProfile: Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 10:18am.
Though his fundraising prowess and mastery of the current campaign finance system has helped him to his powerful position, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) realizes the existing campaign finance system no longer works to the greatest benefit. From his vantage point, the current system’s drawbacks outweigh its advantages. His ability to legislate – to produce the policies he most desires – is hamstrung by the steadily increasing demands that fundraising places upon the members of his caucus. These beliefs led him to become the lead Senate sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 752), which would institute public financing for congressional races.
One-Year Anniversary! Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 1:01pm.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826, S. 752) in Congress.
The Escalating Price of Politics Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 11:15am.
Posted in: Congress | Fair Elections Now Act | Public Financing | Sen. Dick Durbin | The New York Times
The New York Times editorializes on the escalating price of campaigning and the need to pass the Fair Elections Now Act.
Durbin: LBJ Couldn't Pass Medicare Today Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 3:09pm.
Speaking about the Fair Elections Now Act at a forum at the Center for American Progress, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) commented that President Lyndon Johnson wouldn't have been able to pass Medicare in today's political climate.
To watch the video footage, click here. Fair Elections Now Act: A Start on Campaign Finance Reform Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 1:40pm.
Posted in: campaign contributions | Fair Elections Now Act | New Jersey | Public Financing | Sen. Dick Durbin
A recent editorial in the New Jersey Star-Ledger presents the Fair Elections Now Act as a needed reform and urges readers to call on their Congressperson to support the legislation. Sen. Durbin on Bill Moyers Journal Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:58am.
Posted in: banks | Bill Moyers | Fair Elections Now Act | federal public financing | Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin, the lead sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act in the Senate, went on Bill Moyers Journal to discuss his issues with the banking industry and his efforts to create a public financing system for congressional campaigns.
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