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in PoliticsWhere Presidential Candidates Get Their Money

Who is banking on whom to be elected President? Find out here!by lukestanek / on Jun 24, 2012 -
in PoliticsProgressive Political Campaign Funds Embezzlement Case May Be Largest To Date

Court records show at least 50 victims and a total of $7 million were involved in the case.by theedje / on Mar 28, 2012 -
in PoliticsThe Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United

Fixing campaign finance isn't nearly enough. To fix America, we need to fix the idea that corporations are people.by jimmyzuma / on Nov 3, 2011
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “campaign finance”
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Monday News Roundup
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Lobbying “ Former Senator to Run Wall St. Lobby Group ” by Ben Protess in The New York Times . “ After Controversy, Ex-Congressman Registers to Lobby ” by Andrew Ramonas in the Blog of Legal Times . West Virginia: “ Lobbyist spending down in 2013 ” by Dave Boucher in the Charleston Daily Mail . ...1 day ago -
Obama returning to Silicon Valley in two weeks
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President Barack Obama will return to the Bay Area on Thursday, June 6 for a pair of pricey fundraisers to help U.S. Senate Democrats keep their majority in next year’s midterm elections. Tickets for a 5 p.m. reception at the Palo Alto home of Mike McCue – who helped found tech companies including Paper Software, ...1 day ago -
Virginia GOP Nominee’s PAC Used Donations On Himself, Overhead
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Bishop E.W. Jackson (R) In 2010, Bishop E.W. Jackson — the Virginia Republican nominee for Lt. Governor — created a political action committee designed to elect “conservative black candidates” in districts represented by members of the Congressional Black Caucus. But a ThinkProgress review of Jackson’s ...1 day ago -
More Wasted Money Against Mitch McConnell
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We’re typically big fans of any organization opposing Mitch McConnell. But this bunch is the worst of the worst: On Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave the commencement speech at Kentucky’s Murray State University. A group of students is opposed to McConnell’s address, pointing to ...1 day ago -
The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They shouldve gone after all 501(c)4s.
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Lets be very clear: because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much private data, and because it can make peoples lives absolutely miserable, it is of paramount importance in our political system that it both is, and is perceived as, an apolitical entity. If it discriminated against tea party groups that attempted ...1 week ago -
The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They should’ve gone after all 501(c)4s.
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Let’s be very clear: because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much private data, and because it can make people’s lives absolutely miserable, it is of paramount importance in our political system that it both is, and is perceived as, an apolitical entity. If it discriminated against tea party groups that ...1 week ago -
IRS Targeted Tea Party Tax-Exempt Groups For Increased Scrutiny And Missed The Real Problem
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acknowledged Friday that it had improperly flagged groups applying for tax-exempt status for additional scrutiny if they contained common Tea Party keywords in their names. Rather than addressing the real problem of political committees masquerading as 501(c)(4) groups to evade ...1 week ago -
Rep. Ralph Hall, oldest member of the House, to run for reelection in 2014
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… Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Ralph Hall has announced he’ll be running for reelection next year. Hall is the oldest-serving member of the … [ visit site to read more ]1 week ago -
Big money corrupts Washington. Small donors polarize it.
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Can small money overwhelm big money? Faced with a hostile Supreme Court and a gridlocked Congress offering little chance of passing legislation, today’s campaign-finance reformers sure hope so. The notion is alluring. Online fundraising has made it easy to collect large sums in small increments from thousands, ...1 week ago -
News You Can Use Digest – May 10, 2013
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National: States Try to Tackle ‘Secret Money’ in Politics Federal: Campaign Contribution Limits Broken Repeatedly In 2012 Election with No FEC Oversight From the States and Municipalities: Alabama – Campaign Finance Law Revisions Pass House; Headed Back to Senate Georgia – Gov. Deal Signs Law ...1 week ago -
Advocate outraged at being barred from campaign finance public hearing
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To the Editor: I am outraged that Sen. John DeFrancisco was part of a Senate hearing on public campaign financing that refused to allow members of the public into the Albany hearing room. Along with about 45 others, I came...1 week ago -
Thursday News Roundup
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Lobbying “ Lobbyists Snag Top Staff Positions on Capitol Hill ” by Lee Fang in The Nation . Tennessee: “ Tom Ingram faces possible fine for failing to register as lobbyist ” by Tom Humphrey in the Knoxville News . Texas: “ Lobbyist transparency bill sent to Perry ” by The Associated Press in the ...1 week ago -
Thousands Sign Petitions Supporting California Disclose ACT
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California Disclose ACT grows grassroots network by Brian Leubitz I dont ordinarily post updates on every petition on legislation. There are just too many of them. However, the online and offline petitions for the California DISCLOSE Act are worthy of a mention. On SignOn.org, MoveOns online petition ...1 week ago -
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From the Daily News : Campaign finance violations have run rampant while toothless state authorities do nothing to enforce the law, a scathing new report reveals. The report from the New York Public Interest Research Group found that candidates, political committees and their contributors broke the law more than ...1 week ago -
Wednesday Government Relations News
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Lobbying “ K Street firms fear backlash from new scrutiny of political intel work ” by Kevin Bogardus in The Hill . “ Dicks joins D.C. lobbying firm ” by Jim Brunner in the Seattle Times . “ Congress Members Sprinting for Money to Lobbying After Election ” by Jonathan Salant in Bloomberg ...1 week ago -
Public Hearing on Elections Is Held Without the Public
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At a State Senate public hearing on Tuesday about campaign finance, members of the public were not being allowed into the hearing room.2 weeks ago -
Whiny Bitches
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Senate Democrats who are upset because some incumbent are catching heat because they completely caved on gun control : Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s aides met recently with staffers of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to warn them: Targeting vulnerable Democrats like Arkansas’s Mark Pryor on gun control ...2 weeks ago -
TRWD Candidate John Austin Basham Addresses Campaign Finance
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TRWD Candidate John Austin Basham addresses campaign finance Fort Worth, Texas – May 7, 2013 – Over the past few days much has been made by political elites and media insiders about campaign finance during this Tarrant Regional Water Distric election. TRWD challenger and part of the ...2 weeks ago -
Elections hearing under siege
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While senators asked a string of officials and advocates questions about systems of taxpayer financed elections, several dozen protesters with dollar-bills symbolically taped over their mouths shouted “Let the people in!” in the hallway outside. This was a publicly noticed legislative hearing, which according ...2 weeks ago -
GooGoos complain about lack of access
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They are still grinding on and a group of good government groups has filed a protest over their inability to get into a hearing on campaign finance reform. It’s unclear why the hearing was in Room 124 rather the more commodious auditorium-like rooms in the legislative office building. Was it to keep a limit on the ...2 weeks ago


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