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Apr10
Clips Round-up for 4/10/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NaJo: Lobbyists OK lobbying reform proposals -
Apr09
Clips Round-up for 4/9/12
Public Campaign board member Ilyse Hogue has a great piece on CNN.com about last week's victories in getting Pepsi and Coke to pull out of ALEC: "These campaigns have become the embodiment of democratic principles in a country where consumer choices matter and the government is seen as too close to corporate interests."
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Apr06
Clips Round-up for 4/6/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Capital Times: Ethics reforms needed for Congress
Wisconsin State Rep. Mark Pocan is running for Tammy Baldwin's congressional seat and has a plan for reforming government, which includes the Fair Elections Now Act. -
Apr03
Clips Round-up for 4/3/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
AZ Star: Deal will prevent vote on Clean Elections -
Apr02
Clips Round-up for 4/2/12
Campaign Finance
Democrat and Chronicle: Legislature shifts focus to reforms
With the budget and redistricting done, the New York legislature will move on to something else. "But the governor did say Friday that he would push for a change in the state’s campaign-finance system, which good-government groups say allows wealthy donors to have too much influence on the electoral process." -
Mar29
Clips Round-up for 3/29/12
The Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing today on the 2012 DISCLOSE Act. In case certain members complain about the bill, we've provided a handy fact sheet of the love they used to have for transparency.
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Mar26
Clips Round-up for 3/26/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: When other voices are drowned out -
Mar23
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, "Insufficient Influence," Freshman Fundraising in Paradise, and the Plunger of Justice
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from March 12 through March 23, 2012.
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Mar22
Clips Round-up for 3/22/12
Campaign Finance
Times-Union: Ah, reform, Mr. Cuomo?
The Albany Times-Union is waiting for Gov. Cuomo to come through on his reform promises. "With the failure of redistricting reform, overhauling those laws is essential if Mr. Cuomo's wants to keep his promise to fix state government." -
Mar19
Clips round up for 3/19/2012
Check out United Republic's new video, "Sh*t lobbyist say."