Citizens United/Fair Elections Congress needs to nullify Citizens United decision Former Reps. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) and David Bonior (D- Mich.) discuss Citizens United and Fair Elections. Call the fat cats forth on political ads 

• “Candidates in both parties should view it as protection from being sandbagged by big-money attacks from right or left. President Obama was right when he described passage as critical to “restoring our government to its rightful owners: the American people.”

What money can’t buy, by Rev. David Harade  An op-ed in Winfield, Kansas talks about Fair Elections and mentions Public Campaign Action Fund. Time for a campaign finance transplant, by Bob Kerrey  Roll Call picks up former Sen. Bob Kerrey’s op-ed on DISCLOSE and Fair Elections. Giving government back to the American people President Obama’s weekly address focused on the DISCLOSE Act. Congress Revolving door: Capitol Hill to Hedge Funds, by Chris Frates  More than half of the 83 lobbyists registered for the Private Equity Council and Managed Funds Association (hedge fund trade groups) have worked in government. Medical interests spent $876 million on reform, by Bennett Roth and Alex Knott “Medical interests alone shelled out more than $876 million in lobbying expenses during the 15 months beginning in January 2009 and ending in March, when Congress passed the sweeping overhaul.”

• For those wondering, that’s $1.6 million for all 535 members of Congress.

Brutal stretch ahead for lobbyists, by Anna Palmer and Jessica Brady  “Financial services lobbyists are bracing for a bruising couple of weeks,” due to the fact that Congress seems likely to stand up to them on reform.