Voter Blog
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Mar05
Hawaii House Passes Fair Elections Legislation
The Hawaii House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday, HB 1481 HD2, to establish a Fair Elections program for state House and Senate candidates. The bill passed on a vote of 48-3 and now heads to the Senate.
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Mar05
How April In New York Can Change The Country
Public Campaign Action Fund board member Zephyr Teachout had this piece in the Huffington Post last night, which discusses how the campaign to bring Fair Elections to New York State can change the big money landscape all over the country.
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Mar05
Clips Round-up for 3/5/13
Professor, author, and Public Campaign Action Fund board member Zephyr Teachout has a great new Huffington Post piece on the fight for Fair Elections in New York: "How April in New York Can Change the Country."
Mar04Clips Round-up for 3/4/13
The one thing not impacted by sequestration is the Congressional fundraising schedule. Up on the Public Campaign blog: Sen. John Cornyn is holding two events with Wall Street lobbyists this week, just a month after pledging to block Rich Cordray's nomination to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Mar01Chevron Pockets $1.5 Billion Handout, Spends Big to Keep Friendly Congress
A Washington Post story yesterday revealed that oil and gas companies have enjoyed a massive taxpayer-funded giveaway of $11 billion since 1996 thanks to royalty free wells in the Gulf of Mexico, with Chevron’s $1.5 billion in extra profits topping the list.
Mar01Sen. Cornyn Raising Money From Wall Street After Pledging to Block Wall Street Watchdog
A month after pledging to block President Barack Obama’s appointment to lead a Wall Street watchdog agency, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) will hold a “Financial Services Dinner” fundraiser in Washington, D.C.Mar01Clips Round-up for 3/1/2013
Yesterday, the NRSC launched a new website blasting President Obama for OFA and "selling access" to the White House. If Republicans are upset about OFA and special interest influence, they should probably offer up policy solutions to address their concerns, we say.
Feb28President Obama, OFA, Access, and NRSC Concern Trolling
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a website today, WhiteHouseVIP.com, criticizing President Obama for allowing former aides to create Organizing for Action, a 501(c)(4) organization created out of Obama for America to help harness the President’s massive campaign email list to advance his policy agenda.
Feb28Clips round up for 2/28/2013
Justice Scalia was really being Justice Scalia yesterday at oral arguments for the challenge to Section 5: he called it "perpetuation of a racial entitlement" that Congress would never overturn because the name of the bill sounded nice. Sotomayor fired back to the lawyer: "Do you think the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?"
Feb27