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Clips Round-up for 9/22/10

Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 13:22

Fair Elections/Campaign Finance Dems plan last ditch vote on DISCLOSE Act Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will try to rally Congress this week with a vote on the DISCLOSE Act. Change in campaign finance? Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post interviews Change Congress Founder Larry Lessig on campaign finance and the Fair Elections Now Act. Fair Elections – bipartisan boom Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of the Brennan Center for Justice has this op-ed on the Hill’s Congress Blog on Fair Elections. Congress Tea Party group gets $1 million anonymous donation Secret $1 million donations are really just falling out of the sky these days. Tight budgets for campaigns may hinder Republicans Republicans may have the momentum, but state party funding is lacking for an effective ground game. Democrats lag badly in outside spending But even though their GOTV funding may be weak, the GOP is getting plenty of cover from outside groups. Other Matching funds ruling correct—now and later This editorial in Maine praises the judge’s decision to allow Clean Elections to move forward unchanged and hopes the decision sticks

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