Clips Round-Up 07/13/10
Fair Elections/ Campaign Finance Fair Elections drive a worthy campaign While they are concerned about the possibility of getting the Fair Elections Now Act through Congress, the Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire endorses our campaign to pass Fair Elections. RI Candidate Lynch proposes 12-year limit for Congress Two candidates running for Rhode Island’s first district, William Lynch and David Cicilline are concerned about a broken Washington and both support Fair Elections. Regulate campaign contributions, by Wanda Campbell This Letter to the Editor in Binghamton, NY calls for Fair Elections, using some of our declaration language. Watchdogs call on Sen. Scott Brown to back campaign finance bill, by Susan Crabtree Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Public Citizen, and the League of Women Voters have sent a letter to Senator Scott Brown (D-MA) urging him to vote for DISCLOSE. Congress GOP woos K Street with Gibb's words, by Jon Martin House Republicans are seizing on White House Secretary Robert Gibb’s admission that Republicans can take back the house by aligning closer to lobbyist in order to capture those final seats. Beyond guns, NRA expands its agenda, Eric Lichtblau “The N.R.A., long a powerful lobby on gun rights issues, has in recent months also weighed in on such varied issues as health care, campaign finance, credit card regulations and Supreme Court nominees.” Dems hit 60 on Wall Street bill, J. Taylor Rushing and Eric ZimmermanmDemocrats have rounded up the necessary votes to pass Wall Street Reform bill.