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Clips Round-up 3/24

Submitted by Andrew Alderman on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:03

Citizens United/Fair Elections Much at stake for Iowa in FCC broadband plan, by Nicholas Johnson  Former FCC commissioner Nicholas Johnson talks about campaign contributions affecting communications policy, saying:“On the other hand, until voters insist on public financing of campaigns, big money will continue to dictate big policy. Congress turns the health-care problem over to those who created it, with a health-insurance-company subsidy program. Instead of meaningful consumer protection, it selects Treasury Department secretaries from Goldman Sachs and tells Wall Street to regulate itself.” Democrats use healthcare vote in fundraising pitches, by Sean Miller  For and against – members started fundraising off the health care vote. “Additionally, the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission could precipitate millions more in spending by special interest groups looking to advance their own agendas,” Krumholz said. Congress For many interest groups, health-care bill’s passage isn’t the end, by Dan Eggen  There’s still tens of millions of dollars to be spent to influence the post-debate.

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