Voter Blog
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Jan07
Clips round up for 1/7/2013
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
HuffPost: Cynthia Bauerly, FEC Commissioner, To Resign On February 1
Maybe this will actually force President Obama to appoint commissioners to the FEC? Even before Bauerly’s resignation, five of six positions were filled by commissioners on expired terms.
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Jan04
Clips Round-up for 1/4/12
Public Campaign Action Fund released a significant report yesterday, “Cashing in on Obstruction,” showing how Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has abused the filibuster and other obstructionist tactics in ways that place the needs of his big campaign donors over Kentuckians and everyday Americans. Filibusters have doubled during McConnell’s stint as minority leader compared to when Democrats were last in the minority.
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Jan03
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Dec28
Clips Round-up for 12/28/12
Public Campaign wishes you and yours a very happy new year. We'll begin our daily clips emails again starting January 2.
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
WaPo: Our states vouch for transparent campaign financing -
Dec27
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Dec20
2012 Public Campaign Holiday Video
Everyone at Public Campaign wishes you a wonderful holiday season and very happy New Year!
Check out this year's holiday video:
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Dec19
Clips Round-up for 12/19/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Sunlight Foundation: Money, Transparency and Policy Since Citizens United v. FEC
A very cool interactive timeline of major money-in-politics milestones since the January, 2010 Citizens United decision.
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Dec18
Clips Round-up for 12/18/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
DealBook: Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Political Spending Is Not Enough -
Dec17
Clips Round-up for 12/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
ProPublica: Karl Rove’s Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend ‘Limited’ Money on Elections -
Dec14
In New York, Fair Elections reform takes center stage
New York State Senate candidate Cecilia Tkaczyk has a powerful op-ed in today’s Albany Times-Union on how centering her campaign on her support of Fair Elections reform helped her turn what was seen as an easy win for her incumbent opponent into a race so close that the outcome is still up in the air.