Voter Blog
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Mar27
Clips Round-up for 3/27/12
The Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing on the DISCLOSE Act Thursday, featuring Democracy 21's Fred Wertheimer, Professor Rick Hasen, and David Keating from the "first amendment group" the Center for Competitive Politics.
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Mar26
Clips Round-up for 3/26/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
NYT: When other voices are drowned out -
Mar23
The Chronicles of Money, Politics, "Insufficient Influence," Freshman Fundraising in Paradise, and the Plunger of Justice
Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from March 12 through March 23, 2012.
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Mar23
Clips Round-up for 3/23/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Newsday: Public financing for NYS campaigns -
Mar22
Clips Round-up for 3/22/12
Campaign Finance
Times-Union: Ah, reform, Mr. Cuomo?
The Albany Times-Union is waiting for Gov. Cuomo to come through on his reform promises. "With the failure of redistricting reform, overhauling those laws is essential if Mr. Cuomo's wants to keep his promise to fix state government." -
Mar21
Clips round up for 3/21/2012
First off, the documentary Priceless will be on many local PBS station starting in April. Click here to see when it will be on in your area. If you want to host a house party, let me know! (It's really good, you should plan on watching it.)
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Mar20
Clips Round-up for 3/20/12
Must-read from Justin Elliott at ProPublica: "Could corporations take tax breaks for political "dark money?"
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Mar19
Clips round up for 3/19/2012
Check out United Republic's new video, "Sh*t lobbyist say."
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Mar16
Jim Inhofe's Wild Claim
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) once called global warming "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." "The Greatest Hoax" is also the title of his new book, which he was promoting on Rachel Maddow's show last night.
As reported by Raw Story, Inhofe "said Thursday night that environmentalists spent far more money lobbying than the energy industry."
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Mar15
AFL-CIO's Strong Statement
The AFL-CIO, a powerful union that includes "57 national and international labor unions that represent 12.2 million working people," released a strong statement yesterday on the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and our democracy that is increasingly being thrust into the hands of the wealthiest Americans.