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May21
Clips Round-up for 5/21/12
In an interview with George Stephanopoulos this weekend, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said, "What I would like to see in this election is a recognition that we must reduce the role of money in campaigns.
May18Clips Round-up for 5/18/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Roll Call: Coburn calls on parties to reject public funding for conventions
"Opening a new front in the GOP’s ongoing bid to end public campaign financing, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has called on the chairs of the Democratic and Republican National Committees to reject public funding for their upcoming party conventions."May17Clips Round-up for 5/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Will One of These Cases Be the Next Citizens United?
Mother Jones provides an outlook on a number of campaign finance cases coming before the courts.
May16Clips Round-up for 5/16/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Campaign Finance Disclosure Decision Means Rove, Others Could Suddenly Have to Disclose Donors
"One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel millions into campaign ads -- is now closed, after an appellate court ruling on Monday."May15Clips Round-up for 5/15/12
Our friends down the hall, Common Cause, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to overturn the filibuster. Common Cause President Bob Edgar: "While the Senate can set its own rules, they can’t be unconstitutional. This is an unconstitutional provision.
May09Clips Round-up for 5/9/12
Public Campaign Action Fund and Democracy Corps will be releasing new polling today (previewed in The National Memo this morning) showing that swing voters are ready to reward candidates that make money-in-politics a campaign issue, support alternatives to our current system, and believe that money in politics is not a distraction from the economy--it is the economy.
Apr30Clips Round-up for 4/30/12
Read this Reuters story on childhood obesity and the big money that food and beverage industries spend on politics: "At every level of government, the food and beverage industries won fight after fight during the last decade. They have never lost a significant political battle in the United States despite mounting scientific evidence of the role of unhealthy food and children's marketing in obesity.
Apr16Clips Round-up for 4/16/12
On Sunday, the New York Times editorial page urged Gov. Cuomo and the New York legislature to move forward with Fair Elections: "While New York waits for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to keep his promise to reform its election system, some powerful New Yorkers are stepping into the vacuum.
Apr13Clips Round-up for 4/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Reuters: US ban on political ads on public TV struck downApr11Clips round up for 4/11/2012
Morning must-read: "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., may have irritated members of his conference by donating to an anti-incumbent super PAC before the Illinois primary, but Rep.