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Feb23
Clips Round-up for 2/23/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Nancy Pelosi on Colbert Report -
Feb21
Clips Round-up for 2/21/12
Hey everyone, stop getting on Shel Adelson's case. He's "against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections." But, he might give $100M to Gingrich anyway.
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Feb16
Clips Round-up for 2/16/12
New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a new organization of New York civic, business, and philanthropic leaders, launched yesterday. Check out all the press on our blog and on Citizen Action's.
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Feb14
Clips Round-up for 2/14/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Nation: New Mexico legislature to Congress: Amend against "Citizens United"
On the New Mexico legislature's passage of a resolution which "calls on the Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC." -
Feb13
Clips Round-up for 2/13/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: Attacks on disclosure -
Feb10
Clips Round-up for 2/10/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
AP: Senators renew push for campaign finance amendment
"Two senators say the campaign finance system is so broken that a constitutional amendment is needed to rein in runaway spending in elections." -
Feb09
Clips Round-up 2/9/12
Hey, have you signed the petition on the White House website urging President Obama to appoint new FEC commissioners? We need about 1,500 more (by tomorrow!) to reach the 25,000 goal. Please help!
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Feb07
PRESS RELEASE: Obama Must Provide Muscular Plan to Save Our Ailing Democracy
In a press release this morning, Public Campaign Action Fund argued that President Obama’s decision to green-light super PAC money in support of his re-election means that talk is no longer enough and he must provide—and execute—a muscular plan to save our ailing democracy.
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Feb02
Clips Round-up for 2/2/12
Fourth Quarter Fundraising
NYT: Secrecy shrouds "super PAC" funds in latest filings -
Jan24
Clips Round-up for 1/24/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Democrat and Chronicle: Action needed on campaign reform
Editorial from New York: "So Cuomo says he will introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would call for public financing of campaigns and limits on the maximum donations that can be made to candidates. Good. He must then follow through — forcefully."