supercommittee
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Oct12
Clips Round-up for 10/12/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Election Reform
A letter in Kansas talks about the influence of Wall Street on our political process. "Getting rid of the influence of large contributions, big money bundlers and contributions by lobbyists is possible. However, true campaign finance reform will require a broad-based mass movement demanding a law similar to the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 750, H.R. 1404)."
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Oct11
Clips Round-up for 10/11/11
First off, if you aren't already, make sure to follow Republican presidential candidate @buddyroemer on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/buddyroemer. Lots of real-talk about our broken system.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Get money out, phase 2
Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart and businessman Leo Hindery spoke with Dylan Ratigan yesterday about his get money out campaign.
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Oct06
Clips Round-up for 10/6/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Democrats ramp up calls for ethics probe of Clarence Thomas
"House Democrats are ratcheting up the pressure for a formal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for failing to disclose information relating to his wife's earnings -- as much as $1.6 million over the past 13 years -- on his annual financial disclosure forms."
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Sep30
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and The $41 Million Question
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from September 26 through September 30, 2011.
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Sep27
Clips Round-up for 9/27/11
Have you seen the documentary, Priceless, yet? It's good. You should. And you should snag a copy from Habitat Media here: http://www.habitatmedia.org/store.html. It's been racking up wins on the festival circuit.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
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Sep26
NEW REPORT: Wall Street and the Supercommittee
Public Campaign, along with National People's Action, released a new report today: "Wall Street and the Supercommittee: The $41 Million Question." The report details the close ties from Wall Street and other financial industry interests to the supercommittee.
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Sep23
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the Supercommittee's "Dining" Options
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from September 19-September 23, 2011.
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Sep23
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Sep22
Clips Round-up for 9/22/11
The supercommittee will hold a meeting at 10 am today. Member Pat Toomey will hold a fundraiser right before: http://politicalpartytime.org/blog/2011/09/02/pat-toomey-also-solicits-d-c-donors-during-deficit-talks/.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Obstructing the right to recall -
Sep21
Surprising Findings on Defense Industry Campaign Cash to Supercommittee
Our friends at Brave New Foundation have teamed with Alternet and Salon to document how the Democrats on the "supercommittee" have actually received far more defense industry campaign cash than the Republicans serving on the committee.