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May17
Clips Round-up for 5/17/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Will One of These Cases Be the Next Citizens United?
Mother Jones provides an outlook on a number of campaign finance cases coming before the courts.
May16Clips Round-up for 5/16/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Campaign Finance Disclosure Decision Means Rove, Others Could Suddenly Have to Disclose Donors
"One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel millions into campaign ads -- is now closed, after an appellate court ruling on Monday."May15Clips Round-up for 5/15/12
Our friends down the hall, Common Cause, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to overturn the filibuster. Common Cause President Bob Edgar: "While the Senate can set its own rules, they can’t be unconstitutional. This is an unconstitutional provision.
May14Four Facts About JPMorgan's Political Influence
The New York Times reported this weekend that, “Soon after lawmakers finished work on the nation’s new financial regulatory law, a team of JPMorgan Chase lobbyists descended on Washington. Their goal was to obtain special breaks that would allow banks to make big bets in their portfolios, including some of the types of trading that led to the $2 billion loss now rocking the bank.”
May14Clips Round-up for 5/14/12
A handful of national good government organizations, including Public Campaign, have been calling on Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to sign HB 5565, a "disclosure on steroids" bill that would bring much needed transparency to the political process. It'd be a big win. And in the post-Citizens United political world, would help to maintain the integrity of the state's popular public financing program.
May14"Disclosure on Steroids" in Connecticut
A handful of national good government organizations, including Public Campaign, have been calling on Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to sign HB 5556, legislation passed by the Connecticut House and Senate that would bring much-needed to transparency to the political process in the state. Some have called the bill “disclosure on steroids,” and it would be a major victory in the post-Citizens United political world.
May10Clips Round-up for 5/10/12
Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly on new polling released yesterday with Democracy Corps: “Money in politics is a ballot-box issue, that voters will be going to the ballot box this fall looking for candidates who support addressing the issue of money in politics.
May10New Polling: Money in Politics is a Ballot Box Issue
Swing voters are ready to strongly reward candidates that make money in politics a campaign issue and support alternatives to our current big money system, according to new polling released today by Democracy Corps, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, and Public Campaign Action Fund (PCAF).
May09Clips Round-up for 5/9/12
Public Campaign Action Fund and Democracy Corps will be releasing new polling today (previewed in The National Memo this morning) showing that swing voters are ready to reward candidates that make money-in-politics a campaign issue, support alternatives to our current system, and believe that money in politics is not a distraction from the economy--it is the economy.
May08Clips Round-up for 5/8/12
Today's must-read from Nick Confessore in the Times: "After months on the sidelines, major liberal donors including the financier George Soros are preparing to inject up to $100 million into independent groups to aid Democrats’ chances this fall.