Yesterday, the Hawaii House of Representatives passed legislation to establish a Fair Elections-type system for state legislators on a vote of 48-3. It now heads to the House. Public Campaign's field director is currently on the ground in Hawaii working with state advocates.

Here's Voter-Owned Hawaii's Kory Payne on yesterday's victory: "We applaud the House for passing this law and we are counting on them to help get it to the Governor's desk. Special interests have cornered the market on elections and the public is not invited to the party. This program will allow legislators to spend less time raising money, amd more time solving problems"

Oh, and the always-informative Politico Influence has launched a new Twitter account, @PoliticoPI. You should follow it.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
WAMC: Business leaders convene in Albany to support Fair Elections
"Leading members of New York's business community gathered today at the Albany Institute of History and Art to call for state lawmakers to pass publicly-financed fair elections this legislative session" Jay Mandle on HuffPost about NY.

Salon: Report: SCOTUS naive on super PACs
"A new report from Public Citizen shows just how absurd it is to assume that outside groups are truly independent. Of all the major super PACs and 501(c) nonprofit groups that engaged in the 2012 election, about half backed a single candidate exclusively, effectively making themselves auxiliary organs of the candidate’s campaign, the report found. " Taylor Lincoln in The Hill. Full report here.

Roll Call: Ethics committee issues new disclosure forms for privately sponsored trips
House Ethics wants more information about the groups paying and mode of travel in its new disclosure forms for trips.

HuffPost: Aggregate contribution limits promote electoral competition
Brennan Center's Jonathan Backer on McCutcheon: "Contribution limits are a critical tool for combating corruption, and the Supreme Court must uphold the law. But such limits are also critical for ensuring competitive elections — a hallmark of our democracy."

Congress/2012
Politico: "Snowquester" puts fundraisers on ice
Sequestration hasn't made lawmakers cancel fundraisers, but bad weather has.

Roll Call: Both sides rev up for wage war
"Calls to increase the minimum wage by President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress have triggered pre-emptive action on both sides of the debate."

Sunlight: TV stations ignore ad disclosure requirements
"Spot checks by the Sunlight Foundation found numerous instances where political advertisers did not provide information required by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act"

Politico: Jon Kyl joins Covington & Burling law firm
And the revolving door swings: "Recently retired Sen. Jon Kyl has joined Covington & Burling as part of the firm’s expansion of its public policy and government affairs practice, POLITICO has learned."

WNYC: OFA and Obama's big money
Brian Lehrer show talked OFA with NYT's Nick Confessore

The Hill: New Republican super PAC may target GOP hardliners on immigration
"A pro-immigration Republican super-PAC led by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez could support primary challenges against GOP lawmakers who take a hard line on the issue."

Huffington Post: Chevron Super PAC Contribution Complaint Raises Its Own Questions
Public Citizen and other groups filed a complaint that Chevron, as a government contractor, broke the law banning contractor donations by donating to a House Republican super PAC last year. Chevron says it was the parent company, not the subsidiary that gets contracts so it's OK.

WaPo: Gun advocates split with NRA on background checks
"Some of the gun lobby’s strongest allies are breaking with the National Rifle Association to support proposals that would expand background checks for private firearm sales."

The Hill: K Street’s gravy train runs dry as Georgian leaders move past election
Georgian (the country) lobbying is on the decline: "One of the largest foreign lobbying forces ever seen in Washington has been disassembled."

Roll Call: Giffords ads continue barrage of political maneuvering over guns
"The new ads unveiled Tuesday by the super PAC headed by ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, Mark Kelly, are just the latest in a wave of gun-related advocacy and political spending."

TNR: Two days with the extremely anxious drone lobby
Alec MacGillis hung out with a drone lobbyist.

HuffPost: Jeb Bush's education foundation under fire for lobbying for laws that benefit corporate donors
"Former Gov. Jeb Bush's nonprofit, education reform foundation is taking heat for using donations from for-profit companies to lobby for state education laws that could benefit those companies."

Politico: Reid continues to back Menendez
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continued to offer public backing for Sen. Robert Menendez in the wake of a report from The Washington Post that one of the prostitutes who said she was hired by the New Jersey senator recanted."