Public Campaign Action Fund is releasing a new report today: House Financial Services Committee Members Receive Nearly $70 Million From Wall Street Interests  Campaign Finance/Fair Elections  Russ Feingold Launches “Progressives United” To Combat Corporate Influence in Politics Former Sen. Feingold: "The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously. That's exactly what it does ... Things were like this 100 years ago in the United States, with the huge corporate and business power of the oil companies and others. But this time it's like the Gilded Age on steroids."   Maryland Needs Greater Campaign-Finance Transparency Maryland needs to step up their disclosure laws.   Top Judge Tightens Donor Rule The Albany Times Union also covers the new rule on big donors appearing before elected judges in New York. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who handed down the ruling, said “he supports public financing of judicial races, calling it ‘absolutely, the best possible solution.’” Supreme Court Race Could See Deluge of Special Interest Spending In Wisconsin, both candidates for the Supreme Court are running under the state’s new Impartial Justice program, but special interests are entering the fray to make up for any lost capital. -- “Prosser also never ran an ad. He didn’t have to. The conservative group Wisconsin Club for Growth ran one on his behalf, spending $321,000. That’s 70 percent of all the money spent on television ads in the primary, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.”   Congress Democrats to Hold Campaign Fundraiser for Gabrielle Giffords   Steve Israel’s Alumni Association DCCC Chair Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y) has created an alumni association for the Democratic members who lost their races in 2010. Maybe they will chat about the enormous amount of time they needed to spend fundraising?   Other Bob Edgar on the Rachel Maddow Show Common Cause President Bob Edgar appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to discuss the appearance of impropriety and bias on the US Supreme Court.   Undoing Court’s Electoral Misstep This piece in The Cape Cod Times discusses the efforts of some members of the Massachusetts state legislature to pass a resolution asking Congress to amend the Constitution to stop the effects of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.   Court Hears Challenge to Voting Rights Act. “Conservative legal activists are set to renew their campaign to overturn the nation's landmark Voting Rights Act, arguing before a federal district judge in Washington on Wednesday that states and local jurisdictions should no longer be forced to justify voting changes to the Justice Department or a federal court.”   O’Malley Moves Against ‘LLC Loophole’ that Benefited his Campaigns “Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) for the first time on Tuesday backed legislation to close a campaign finance loophole that boosted fundraising totals for his campaigns during more than two decades of successful elections in the state.”   Jack Johnson’s Indictment: Another Blow to Prince George’s Another alleged pay-to-play scandal, this time involving former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson.