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Jul09
Clips Round up for 7/9/12
My vacation wasn't spent in a house nearly as big as the ones Mitt Romney went to yesterday in the Hamptons.
Jul06Clips Round-up for 7/6/12
With today's jobs report showing only 80,000 jobs added last month, June might not have been a great month for people looking for jobs—but it certainly was for Romney's fundraising team. Between Romney's campaign and a joint fundraising committee with the RNC, the Republican candidate took in over $100 million in June.
Jul05Clips Round-up for 7/5/12
At the top of the clips today: The New York Times Magazine published "Can the Democrats Catch up in the Super-PAC Game?" an excellent look behind the scenes of today's super PAC fundraising via the Obama-backing Priorities USA Action and its struggle to keep up with well-heeled conservative super PACs.
Jul03Clips Round-up for 7/3/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Esquire: The Rough Beast of Citizens United Slouches ForwardJul02Clips Round-up for 7/2/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
New York Times: A Window on Campaign Abuse
Two government agencies are taking an interest in political groups hiding behind the tax code, and could shed light on the secret world of undisclosed political contributions.
Jun29Clips Round-up for 6/29/12
In case you were living under a rock, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act yesterday, upholding the individual mandate. Some of the money-in-politics links:
- Huffpost: Health Care Ruling Comes After Massive Spending to Influence Congress, PublicJun28Eric Holder and NRA's Big Money
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on whether U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder should be held in contempt of Congress, an extraordinary move with no shortage of political theatre behind it.
Jun27New York Attorney General Launches Probe Into Contributions To Tax Exempt Groups
The New York Times reports today on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's launch of an investigation into contributions made to tax exempt groups that are heavily involved in political campaigns. The story notes that reform groups have pushed the FEC and the IRS for years to take action, to no avail.
Jun27Clips Round-up for 6/27/12
Big story in the NYT today: "Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has begun investigating contributions to tax-exempt groups that are heavily involved in political campaigns, focusing on a case involving the U.S.
Jun26Demos VP & Public Campaign Board Member Heather McGhee Discusses Montana Case on MSNBC
Demos' Vice President of Policy & Outreach Heather McGhee, who serves on the Public Campaign Board of Directors, appeared on MSNBC's "Now With Alex Witt" and discussed yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, which sought to maintain Montana's 100 year old ban on corporate campaign giving.