Press Room
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Jun 25
COLORADO DECISION SHOWS HIGH COURT IS TROUBLED BY CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM
Washington, DC-Nick Nyhart, Public Campaign’s executive director, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in the Colorado II case today: “This is a victory...
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Jun 22
Public Campaign Hails Rep. Tierney’s Efforts For Clean Money, Clean Elections
Washington, D.C. - Nick Nyhart, the executive director of Public Campaign, today praised Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) for his spirited and determined testimony before the House Administration...
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Apr 06
Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Enters Debate
Sen. Wellstone’s Legislation Offers Alternative to Current System Through Public Financing
Washington, DC -Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) today offered another vision of...
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Mar 22
Hard Facts On Hard Money: Increasing Hard Money Limits Could Erase Gains from Soft Money Ban
Washington, DC - If individual hard money contribution limits were increased from $1,000 to $3,000, then new hard money contributions could easily surpass the amount of party soft money banned by...
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Feb 01
JOHN ASHCROFT’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORD REQUIRES A FULL INVESTIGATION
A Joint Statement by
John Bonifaz, Executive Director, National Voting Rights Institute
Scott Harshbarger, President and CEO of Common Cause
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Jan 22
STRONG McCAIN-FEINGOLD BILL GOOD STEP TOWARD MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Public Campaign, a non-profit, non-partisan organization working toward comprehensive campaign finance reform, released a position paper today in support of a strong McCain-Feingold...
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Jan 17
Ashcroft’s Record on Campaign Finance Questioned
Nick Nyhart, Executive Director of Public Campaign, sent a letter today to Senator Patrick Leahy requesting that the...
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Jan 08
“Clean” Elections Moves West
Monday, January 8, 2001 marks a new day in Arizona government. For the first time legislators who ran for office free of any obligations to campaign contributors under the state’s new “Citizens...
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Oct 31
HARD FACTS
Hard Money in the 2000 Elections Read the Report ...Oct 02STATEMENT OF NICK NYHART, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC CAMPAIGN
Today Nick Nyhart, executive director of Public Campaign, gave the following statement at a press conference featuring victims of Ford-Firestone rollover...