Fair Elections/Campaign FinanceRepairing Citizens United becomes a test for three GOP Senators EJ Dionne calls out Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) for opposing the DISCLOSE Act. He says they should work with Schumer on a compromise.

• “Snowe, Collins and Brown have made their careers by touting their independence. But that claim doesn't come cheap. This is the issue on which their promissory note is due.”

Fix elections to make politics work for all Americans Talk about bipartisanship – all the primary candidates for the 2 Rhode Island House seats (sans Rep. Jim Langevin (D), already a cosponsor) have signed this op-ed urging Congress to adopt the Fair Elections Now Act. In the most expensive Congressional election to date, corporations and candidates have few rules TPM talks about the new—or lack of—rules in our elections. David Donnelly:

• “It does seem like the amount of gray area you used to have -- where you'd have to worry about where you're spending your money or whether you're doing something that crosses the line -- it's just not there."

Court upholds limits on party coordinated expenditures “Campaign finance reform advocates got a rare win Friday as a federal court upheld government limits on the coordinated expenditures that national political parties can make on the behalf of candidates.” We need more Citizen Participation David Donnelly’s piece in the Boston Review on Citizens United – need to shift from “getting big money out of campaigns” to “getting the people back in.” Clock running out for OCE No matter which party takes power in January, it’s likely the OCE will face major changes or be shuttered altogether, according to Eliza. That, “would be a fundamental mistake on the part of the House” said Lisa Gilbert.   Congress U.S. Chamber accused of tax fraud Chamber Watch, part of Change to Win, has filed an IRS complaint against the Chamber saying they illegally funneled donations from a charity.Here’s Public Campaign Action Fund's statement. A GOP leader tightly bound to lobbyists Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) has a lot of lobbyist friends—and they’ll probably be influential if he becomes Speaker. Political ad spending to soar Political ad spending will reach $4.2 billion this year—double what the same firm estimated was spent in 2008. Rangel, Waters ethics trials not expected until after Nov. election The Rangel and Waters trials will likely wait until after the elections. Both of these pending trials should have been concluded months ago,” Craig Holman said. “The House ethics committee stumbled miserably in these cases, allowing them to be delayed and delayed, until they have become hot election issues.” Big business and Wall Street want Republicans to win Another story with the Center for Responsive Politics' report on money going to Republicans. Anger management for the voters Renee Loth, a Boston Globe Columnist, talks about the fact that the Tea Party should rail against, among other things, campaign finance ruling from the Supreme Court.Other Group draws ideological line in debate over judicial elections A right-wing group that has spent $2 million to influence judicial elections says groups that want to reform the judicial election process are stealing democracy.

• "Any effort to draw this out as an ideological issue is misguided," said Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice, another group targeted by the report. "Everybody should care about the independence of the judiciary."