Our friends at USPIRG have a new report out today, “Chemical Insecurity,” that highlights the 14 chemical companies that endanger the most Americans in the event of a chemical release and the millions of dollars they’ve spent on lobbying and campaign contributions to keep regulation at bay.

A few weeks ago--Public Campaign Action Fund and Common Cause announced new bipartisan research conducted by Lake Research Partners, Westen Strategies, and McKinnon Media. The research showed that public support for Fair Elections-style reform is strong and a majority of every subset of Americans—regardless of demographic and political identities—supports the measure.

In the final debate in the House over the DISCLOSE Act, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) offered an amendment that would remove all contribution limits to federal candidates...

Just moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the DISCLOSE Act, legislation aimed at blunting the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen United v. FEC. Transparency is important, but Congress must do more to put elections back in the hands ofvoters.

 

From Nick Nyhart:

In response to the Gulf oil, members of Congress have introduced legislation that would lift the economic liability cap for oil companies from $75 million to $10 billion. Yesterday, when the Senate tried to move forward with a vote on the legislation, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski blocked it.

This morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) takes to the opinion pages of the Washington Post, saying, "the American people will want to know whether he is choosing someone who is committed to the text of the Constitution and the vision of the Founding Fathers, or whether his nominee is an activist."