Fair Elections/Campaign Finance Maine lessons Larry Lessig has posted his presentation from yesterday’s speech at the Maine Clean Elections anniversary. Congress Charlie Rangel censure recommended by House ethics committee Charlie Rangel became “the first House member in nearly three decades to be recommended for censure” yesterday.

• The NYT story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/nyregion/19rangel.html?_r=1&ref=politics

Sloan becomes Dem defender Now this is interesting – Melanie Sloan is leaving CREW to join Lanny J. Davis & Associates, “a legal crisis management firm,” to help out with what will likely be a whole host of Darrell Issa-led investigations. Key Republican promises bite-sized reforms Rep. Fred Upton promises there won’t be any 1,000 page bills coming out of the energy committee if he’s the chair—so I guess that’s the one way he’ll work to save the environment. In the States Committee on Md. Campaign finance reform meets The 10 member campaign finance reform committee organized by Maryland’s Attorney General met for the first time yesterday.