A Missouri House Committee originally scheduled its hearing on a new voter ID bill for 6:45 am on Tuesday. Yes, a hearing on a bill making it harder to vote at a time that's pretty hard for anyone to get to. The Secretary of State intervened and it has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. There's a gif of Tim Gunn shaking his head on the Public Campaign Action Fund Tumblr.

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Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: Critics of state's campaign finance laws seek philanthropists' help
"Advocates of overhauling New York’s campaign fund-raising laws met with 40 philanthropists in Manhattan on Thursday in an effort to enlist additional supporters as they ramp up their lobbying efforts." Piper Fund's Marc Caplan: “It’s the No. 1 priority for national organizations interested in fighting money in politics, and to the growing number of philanthropists who are interested in issue."

HuffPo: Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell reach filibuster reform deal
"A filibuster reform deal" is a stretch for what happened yesterday. The Fix the Senate coalition: "While the provisions included in the likely agreement may help with streamlining certain nominations, potentially a significant step forward, the agreement avoids measures that would actually raise the costs of Senate obstruction." Common Cause calls it "a capitulation." The Hill, NYT, Slate.

BNA: Justices to decide whether to review restrictions on campaign contributions
Something to watch: "The Supreme Court is set to consider next month whether to grant review of a constitutional challenge to the century-old ban on corporate campaign contributions (Danielczyk v. U.S., U.S., No. 12-579, cert. petition filed 11/8/12)."

Demos: Is a Democracy Trust Fund a good idea?
Demos pours cold water on the idea of a "Democracy Trust Fund" in New York: "it just shifts the point of influence from direct contributions to a broader general fund. Affluent and corporate interests would still set the agenda because candidates would still rely upon them for funds."

WaPo: Republicans in Virginia, other states seeking electoral college changes
"Republicans in Virginia and a handful of other battleground states are pushing for far-reaching changes to the electoral college in an attempt to counter recent success by Democrats." ThinkProgress has some charts on this.

Avaaz: WH petition for constitutional amendment on campaign cash clears threshhold
"Today, a petition on the White House website urging President Obama to “use the State of the Union to call for a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics” exceeded the 25,000 signatures necessary to guarantee an official White House response. The petition, launched by the groups Free Speech For People, Avaaz, People For the American Way, and Demos on January 8 took less than two weeks to cross the threshold."

Congress/Administration
HuffPost: Organizing for Action praised by super PACs, deried by reformers
Paul looks at different reactions to OFA - outside groups, reformers, and the like. Here's me: "I think that if they are going to run an organization like this, with such close ties to the White House, run by [former] White House and campaign staffers, it's important to know who's funding it and who's behind it."

Politico: Barack Obama's new "grassroots" group isn't quite
I think it's hard to say a group with an email list of 20 million isn't at some level grassroots, but their pitch to the biggest liberal donors and some corporations makes transparency all the more important.

NY Post: John Catsimatidis to hold fundraiser for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
New York billionaire John Catsimatidis will have a fundraiser for Kentucky's Mitch McConnell at his Central Park apartment on Sunday. McConnell has an event Tuesday in DC (and had one last week in DC too). I assume the Tea Party groups hoping to oust McConnell love seeing their guy anywhere but Kentucky.

PCAF: The stumbling block to Obama's climate commitment
Kurt Walters looks at Obama's climate change talk and the dirty energy money filling the campaign coffers of members of the House Committee that would address energy legislation.

NYT: Ex-prosecutor Mary Jo White named to top SEC post
President Obama on re-nominating Rich Cordray to lead the CFPB: "Financial institutions have plenty of lobbyists looking out for their interests. The American people need Richard to keep standing up for them. And there’s absolutely no excuse for the Senate to wait any longer to confirm him."

WaPo: Treasury nominee Lew's history with Citigroup raises questions
"[Jack] Lew, President Obama’s choice to be the next Treasury secretary, is set to face questions about his work at Citigroup at his upcoming Senate confirmation hearing."

BuzzFeed: Mark Zuckerberg will hold fundraiser for Chris Christie
Zuckerberg is making his first foray into the fundraising world - helping out Chris Christie.

Politico: Avoiding Wall St. shuffle's perils
Elizabeth Warren writes about Wall Street players angling for important Washington jobs and what are some good traits to have, including this: "Industry lobbyists are highly specialized, well-funded and enormous in number. That means they can provide important information, but it also means they so outnumber advocates for the public interest that the playing field is badly tilted in their favor. If a potential appointee doesn’t recognize that imbalance and have a thoughtful view about how to address it, that person shouldn’t be under consideration."

Roll Call: K Streeters counteract losses by diversifying
"Just six of the top 25 lobby practices posted revenue growth last year over 2011, according to the filings. In response, big K Street practices are trying to replace lost lobbying dollars with messaging, grass-roots organizing or social media advocacy."

Politico: Mark Kelly: Gabrielle Giffords and I will do "Whatever it takes" for gun control
Giffords has now passed her one year "cooling off period" and could officially register to lobby.

CNBC: AIG is back in the lobbying game
"AIG is back in the lobbying game after a four-year self-imposed ban from lobbying while the company was owned by U.S. taxpayers."

Washington Times: Ex-Rep. West uses campaign funds for self-named foundation
Allen West Watch: He just transferred $500,000 out of his campaign account to two nonprofits, including $250,000 to the Allen West Foundation.

Other/States
Orlando Sentinel: Analysis: 201,000 in Florida didn't vote because of long lines
"The long Election Day lines around Florida may have turned away more than 200,000 frustrated would-be voters who gave up and went home before they cast ballots — or else saw the lines and elected not to join them."

Boston Globe: State regulators find evidence of campaign finance violations by Lt. Gov. Murray; attorney general asked to investigate further
"State campaign finance regulators have concluded that Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray violated state law by accepting political donations from the disgraced former Chelsea housing director, and they’ve asked the attorney general to conduct a criminal probe of Murray as well as key members of his campaign team."

Salt Lake Tribune: Herbert backs ethics reforms in wake of John Swallow scandal
Utah: "Gov. Gary Herbert is endorsing significant ethics changes for executive branch officials — including the Attorney General’s Office — in the aftermath of a scandal that is dogging Attorney General John Swallow."