Fair Elections/Citizens UnitedA letter to legislators: Coffee, tea’s commonalitiesAn online column from tea party and coffee party activists about commonalities – talks about Fair Elections.Republicans push lawsuits to unshackle corporate campaign cashA description of Republican attacks on campaign finance laws. CongressSenate passes broader rules for overseeing Wall StreetExpansion of government oversight proposed in this far-reaching bill.Corker questions need for 2 market regulatorsIf the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission merge, the House Agriculture committee would lose oversight, and

• “Some critics also argued that the House committee’s members could lose thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from financial services lobbyists.”

 Unions to spend $100 million on saving Democrats It appears that the unions (AFSCME, AFL) may match Chamber of Commerce spending.New GOP group gets $1 million contributionTrevor Rees-Jones, an oil and gas CEO, has given $1 million to Karl Rove’s new 527, American Crossroads.OtherProp 15 would test government funding of California electionsA story about Proposition 15 in California.