Citizens United/Fair Elections Mike Castle backs campaign finance fix  Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) supports the legislative response to Citizens United. The court after Citizens United This New York Times editorial focuses on challenges to the soft money ban. Justice Stevens will be hard act to follow “Campaign finance reform advocates will lose a great hero when Justice John Paul Stevens retires from the Supreme Court.” Congress Financial overhaul draws a lobbying swarm  Financial lobbyists are heading to the agriculture committee to work on derivatives. Payday lenders lobby for loophole in regulationPayday lenders are stepping up their efforts to get an exemption in financial reform.