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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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Jan11
Clips round up for 1/11/2013
I've got your perfect Washington influence story here: Drywall safety bill passed by Congress was watered down by the industry so that *voluntary* safety regulations are decided by a committee of drywall manufacters and homebuilders. Congress pats itself on back.
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Jan10
Clips round up for 1/10/2013
In his State of the State address yesterday, Gov. Cuomo once again called for public financing and a broad reform agenda. New York Times editorial: "Most important, he vowed to start public financing for campaigns so that more candidates can compete against wealthy competitors." It ends with this: "It is a long, ambitious list. If Mr.
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Jan08
Clips round up for 1/8/2013
Hey everyone! A big thanks to Kurt for handling the clips while I was on sabbatatical. Now back at it:
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch wrote in the Daily News this weekend that it's time to clean up Albany: "We have every reason to believe that replicating the city’s system of public financing at the state level will have precisely the same effect."
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Nov02
Clips round up for 11/2/2012
Tom Hamburger at WaPo: "It is no accident that much of the record spending in this year’s election, now funding an avalanche of last-minute ads across the country, comes from groups with a strong interest in shaping federal tax rules. Tax reform is likely to be at the top of the agenda for the next Congress. And the topic ranks as the No.
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Oct17
Clips round up for 10/17/2012
Another no-show for campaign finance issues at the debate last night, though Mitt Romney did hit Obama for attending a fundraiser in Vegas the day after the Benghazi attack.
It's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's 100th birthday. On Friday, Public Citizen and a host of organizations are going to be rallying in DC against their dark money spending. Details here.
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Oct10
Clips round up for 10/10/2012
If you're in DC on Thursday, Common Cause is hosting the premiere of, "The United States of ALEC" at the National Press Club.
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Sep12
Clips round up for 9/12/2012
Sorry, voters, can't talk--we've got fundraising to do. NYT: "Instead, betting that they can raise and spend far more on their own, Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney are committing to ambitious fund-raising schedules that are eating into valuable campaign time, tangling their travel schedules and complicating their efforts to woo voters."
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Jul05
Clips Round-up for 7/5/12
At the top of the clips today: The New York Times Magazine published "Can the Democrats Catch up in the Super-PAC Game?" an excellent look behind the scenes of today's super PAC fundraising via the Obama-backing Priorities USA Action and its struggle to keep up with well-heeled conservative super PACs.
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Jun22
Waffle House Donates $100,000 to American Crossroads Super PAC
You want a 30 second ad to go with that ham and cheese omelet?The next time you go to Waffle House, that’s basically what you’ll be getting. In May, Waffle House Incorporated donated $100,000 from its corporate treasury to American Crossroads, a super PAC run by Republican strategist Karl Rove.