Fair Elections/Campaign Finance Retool campaigns before it’s too late Alex Kaplan with Common Cause PA has this letter about Fair Elections in Wilkes-Barre, urging Rep. Chris Carney (D) to co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act. Sen. Brown should support Fair Elections Now Act Letter to the editor in Massachusetts that calls for Sen. Scott Brown (R) to support Fair Elections. New spending rules mean new backlash Eliza Newlin Carney talks about Target and corporate spending in elections, and PCAF’s letter to MSNBC urging them to air the MoveOn ad. 

• “The network's policy ‘is outdated in the wake of Citizens United,’ said David Donnelly.”

Groups oppose PAC request to raise unlimited contributions The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 are opposing a PAC request to the FEC that would allow it to raise unlimited contributions for independent expenditures. They argue that Citizens United explicitly ruled that PACs are still subject to limits. Congress Ethics lawmakers may soon know if ethics probes will proceed The Office for Congressional Ethics met Friday to determine whether the 8 lawmakers under investigation for ties to votes and fundraising warrant further review. Common Cause's numbers on Rep. John Campbell’s (R-Calif.) auto dealings are mentioned. Financier’s largess shows GOP’s Wall Street support A profile of Wall Street powerbroker Paul Singer and his anger at Democratic policies on Wall Street and his big giving to Republicans Lobbyist in action: How a veteran congressional influencer works her craft An OpenSecrets reporter shadowed an Environment America lobbyist around one day in July. “Our challenge in the environmental community is to try to find ways to develop relationships with staff and members on the Hill without having that same kind of natural access that money gets you when you can attend fund-raisers."