Voter Blog
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Nov29
Clips Round-up for 11/29/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Hill: Activists press SEC to expose political giving of US companies -
Nov27
Clips Round-up for 11/27/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
ThinkProgress: Rep. Chris Van Hollen On Campaign Finance, Election Reform -
Nov26
Clips Round-up for 11/26/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
LA Times: States crack down on campaigning nonprofits
“The pressure in states with stringent campaign finance rules contrasts sharply with the federal level, where nonprofits that spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence races this year have not been required to disclose their donors.” -
Nov20
NEW REPORT: Un-Shared Sacrifice: How ‘Fix the Debt’ Companies Buy Washington Influence & Rig the Game
Public Campaign released a new report: "Un-Shared Sacrifice: How ‘Fix the Debt’ Companies Buy Washington Influence & Rig the Game" yesterday, which details how a coalition of 95 companies, including some of the country’s largest corporations, are urging Congress to “Fix the Debt,” through a plan that mostly hurts middle class families while preserving tax breaks and windfalls for big corporations.
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Nov20
Clips Round-up for 11/20/12
Yesterday, Public Campaign released “Un-Shared Sacrifice,” chronicling the influence spending of the 95 corporations in the “Fix the Debt” coalition. The last four years have seen almost $1 billion in lobbying, PAC contributions, and campaign giving from the CEOs of these companies--and 22 of them have spent more on lobbying the federal government than they did in corporate income taxes to Uncle Sam.
Nov19Clips Round-up for 11/19/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
WaPo: Trevor Potter: How the FEC can stop the tidal wave of secret political cashNov15Clips Round-up for 11/15/12
Quick personnel note: tomorrow will be my last day at the office until January. Public Campaign offers a generous sabbatical after a certain term of employment and mine begins Monday. Our fantastic Research Associate Kurt Walters will handle clips while I'm away--so feel free to send any stories to him at kwalters@publicampaign.org (and make sure to check your spam filters next week!).
Nov14Air Transport, Other Industries, Hope to Cash in on T&I Committee
The air transportation industry got a big inside connection to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in Congress when the National Air Transportation Association managed to hire Jim Coon, the committee’s Republican staff director since 2007, Politico reported this morning.
Nov14Leader Pelosi: We need to address money in politics
At a press conference today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reiterated her support for efforts to reduce the influence of big money in the political process and said that was a motivating factor in her decision to run for Democratic Leader again.
She said, "changing the role of money in politics is really a very important motivator for me to stay in the leader’s office. I think it must be done.”
She continued, “Our founders had in mind a government of the many, not a government of the money. You’ve heard me say that over and over again.”