Citizens United/Fair Elections Pelosi needs to support the Fair Elections Act A piece from the San Francisco Bay Guarding saying Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should support the Fair Elections Now Act. On speech, Kagan leaned toward conservatives, by Adam Liptak An analysis of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s views on 1st amendment issues. Two brothers sign up for very long walk against corporate personhood Two men in California are pulling a Granny D and walking across the country to protest the Citizens United decision, in coordination with movetoamend.org. Congress Lisa Murkowski received $400,000 from oil and gas in 8 years A story on Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) blocking BP and her oil and gas money.  

• Fair Elections Press Secretary Adam Smith: “I think that's the problem with the current system is that members have to spend their days regulating these industries, and then at night take money from them at fundraisers."

Flood of outside money hits the primaries, by David Espo Outside groups have spent $10 million in the Arkansas senate primary, and are spending big elsewhere Flood of cash to Congress is unabated as banks seek influence, by Jonathan Salant

• “As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote as early as this week on legislation rewriting the rules for Wall Street, the financial industry is holding fundraisers for lawmakers at a rate of almost one every business day this month.”

Obama’s terms for financial overhaul remain mostly intact, by Brady Dennis The financial reform bill may come up for a vote this week. Other Clean money means clean elections in Maine An op-ed on how North Dakota and Minnesotans should look at a Maine-model of Clean Elections.