Public Financing

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• Durbin: LBJ Couldnt Pass Medicare Today

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 119
  Speaking about the Fair Elections Now Act at a forum at the Center for American Progress, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) commented that President Lyndon Johnson wouldnt have been able to pass Medicare today with the influence of campaign cash. To watch the video footage, click here .
  3 days ago

• Public Financing Comes to Wisconsin Supreme Court

  
  FactCheck.org — Authority: 136
  This is another installment of our occasional Court Watch series. Prompted by escalating campaign spending and the increasing use of attack ads, Wisconsin state legislators and Gov. Jim Doyle have  enacted a bill to provide public financing for the Supreme Court’s candidates. Would-be justices would qualify ...
  5 days ago

• Rep. John Larson Has the Answer

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 119
  Lead House sponsor Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) discusses the importance of the Fair Elections Now Act in the face of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC in an interview with National Journal. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Rep. Lungren Puts the "Fun" in Fundraising

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 119
  In July of this year, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) stated his vehement dislike of fundraising at the House Administration Committee hearing for the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826).Methinks he doth protest too much. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Editorial In USA Today Tackles House Ethics Inquiry Into Defense Contracts And The Role Of Campaign Cash

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 119
  USA Today editorialized today on the House ethics inquiry into defense appropriations and the appearance of a correlation between campaign cash and the awarding of defense contracts and call for public financing of elections as a remedy for perceived undue special interest influence. read more
  3 weeks ago

• Public financing needed to avoid AG conflicts

  
  SC Prog Blog — Authority: 115
  This op-ed appeared in The State today. It was written by John Crangle, a longtime member of the SC Progressive Network and advocate for our clean elections initiatives. By John Crangle Common Cause of South Carolina The controversy over Attorney General Henry McMaster’s acceptance and later return of ...
  4 weeks ago

• They Got Their Knickers In A Twist

  
  cab drollery — Authority: 501
  Lobbyists are trying to short circuit a rather interesting pilot program in public financing of elections in California. Theyve filed a law suit to remove a proposition from the June, 2010 ballot which would charge lobbyists now to fund the Secretary of State races in 2014 and 2018. From the Sacramento Bee : ...
  4 weeks ago

• Opting out of public financing hurt Cadigan

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 591
  If defeated District 5 City Councilor Michael Cadigan had taken public financing, he could have had a lot more money to spend on the  race this year. About twice as much. Anti-Cadigan mailers sent out by Moving Albuquerque Forward, a measure finance committee formed by SunCal Corporation, among others. ...
  4 weeks ago

• ABQ doesn’t give out public funds after election day

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 591
  One thing that didn’t make it into today’s story about Albuquerque’s public financing system is this little tidbit:  If campaign activity should have triggered matching funds before election day, but didn’t because of late/improper campaign finance reporting, the city will not distribute those funds after ...
  4 weeks ago

• Public financing “worked” in ABQ election, but questions remain

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 591
  Campaign material of Richard "R.J." Berry sent to voters during the 2009 mayoral race, highlighting two of his primary messages against a trolley car system and what he framed as "sanctuary city" policies. A number of factors contributed to Richard “R.J.” Berry’s victory in Albuquerque’s October mayoral ...
  4 weeks ago

• “KYC” and “Suitability” Violations Occur All Too Often on Wall Street

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 478
  “We’re in the moving business, not the storage business!!” If I had a nickel for the number of times I heard that line on Wall Street, I’d have a lot of nickels. That statement would coarse across many trading floors to push salespeople to sell, sell, sell and sell some more. The sales process on Wall Street ...
  6 weeks ago

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