Fair Elections/Campaign Finance Follow the money to the Capitol Good editorial from the New York Times on the Office of Congressional Ethics investigations and calls for Fair Elections. Fix electoral system An letter to the editor in Fresno, CA in support of Fair Elections. It’s all about the money chase An op-ed in Florida, submitted with the help of Progress Florida, on the money chase and the need for Fair Elections and lists Florida members supporting it. Whither the FEC? “On the heels of Citizens United, the FEC is playing an arguably outsized role in setting the political rules of the road,” and people aren’t necessarily happy about it. Congress Congressional charities pulling in corporate cash “A review by The New York Times of federal tax records and House and Senate disclosure reports found at least two dozen charities that lawmakers or their families helped create or run that routinely accept donations from businesses seeking to influence them.” Egg industry fighting efforts to increase cage sizes Big Egg is fighting efforts for new requirements to cage chickens. Over the past decade, the United Egg Association PAC has donated about $1.1 million to Congress. Outside groups’ campaign expenditures have doubled Outside groups have spent twice as much on ads and other electioneering activities for Congressional races so far this cycle than in 2008. There has been $34 million in independent expenditure spending so far.