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Thompson Outspends Bloomberg ... in Tennessee

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: William Thompson, Mayoral Campaign, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance, Bill Thompson, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Thirty million to repair the Brooklyn Bridge? The mayor spent more than that on television ads. Ten million for fixing Head Start centers? The mayor topped that on campaign consultants.

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Follow the Money

Stanley Kutler | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Judicial-Elections, Sandra Day O'Connor, Campaign Ads, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

Wisconsin's Supreme Court has adopted a rule stipulating that campaign contributions, endorsements and paid ads are not enough to force recusal. Money has invaded the judicial arena.

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The Corporate Danger: Plutonomy

Craig Barnes | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Citizens United v. FEC, Plutocracy, The Roberts Court, Campaign Finance, Money in Politics, Corporate Government, Oligarchy, Patronomy, Politics News
Craig Barnes

The smart money is betting that this autumn the Supreme Court will give corporations the same right to spend in federal elections as has any person

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Revised Campaign Finance Reform Bill Awaits Quinn's Signature

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pat-Quinn-Campaign-Finance-Reform, Illinois Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Pat Quinn, Illinois Campaign Donations, Illinois Campaign Contribution Limits, Campaign Finance, Chicago News

The Illinois Senate put the finishing touch on a major campaign-finance package by voting today to send the legislation that caps contributions to Gov...

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News
Michael Moore

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Anonymous Push Polls: Coming Soon to a Phone Near You?

Luis Toro | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Law, Colorado, Federal Court, Longmont, Campaign Finance, Push Polls, Denver, Longmont Election Committee, Western Tradition Partnership, Free Speech, First Amendment, Public Opinion Polling, Denver News
Luis Toro

What kinds of polls are actually campaign advertisements? A Colorado court is set to rule on the answer.

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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You Too Can Be a Business-Savvy Mayor!

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Campaign 2009, William Thompson, Mayoral Campaign, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance, Forest City Ratner, Bloomberg LP, New York Republicans, Bruce Ratner, New York Jets, Atlantic Yards, Snapple, Bill Thompson, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Maybe you want what Bloomberg's got: the NYPD guards, the keys to Gracie Mansion, the $1-a-year salary. Are you cut out for it? Take this quiz and find out.

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Where Are All the democrats in Congress ? Little "d" Intended

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Insurance Industry, Public Option, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Insurance & Pharmaceutical Lobbies, Preventive Medecine Socialism, Obesity, Democrats, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

We live in a country where 400,000 people die every year not from a disease, but from what they eat -- and this is not considered relevant to health care reform?

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Campaign Finance Laws Could Soon Be Altered

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyblog, Campaign Finance, Court Decision Campaign Finance, Court Decision FEC, Court Decision Unlimited Donations, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News

Politico reports that a series of court decisions could fundamentally alter the way elections are funded -- even allowing special interests, corporati...

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A New Social Movement

Jay Mandle | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Progressive Movement, Activism, Campaign Finance, FECA, Center for Responsive Politics, BCRA, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
Jay Mandle

Progressives have typically avoided addressing the way the electoral system is financed. They have concentrated on the outcome of politics, but not on the political process.

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Campaign Finance Reform Hits Snag

Wall Street Journal | DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Campaign Contribution Limits, Change Illinois, Campaign Finance, Michael Madigan, Chicago News

Nearly a year after former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested and accused of running state government as a criminal enterprise, legislators ha...

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Bloomberg Donates $65M to Needy Campaign Consultants

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Term Limits, William Thompson, Mayor, Wealth, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance, Democracy, New York City, 2009 New York City Mayoral Election, Bill Thompson, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Bloomberg is on pace to spend $118 million on this year's race and over a quarter of a billion dollars in declared campaign expenditures on his three runs for office.

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Who Owns Congress?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Bernie Sanders, Big Oil, Health Care, Defense Budget, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?

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Let's Make a Deal: Beltway Edition

Michael Winship | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Richard Durbin, American Banking Association, Cap and Trade, Politics, Insttitute for Policy Studies, President Obama, Mortgage Crisis, Banks, Bank Bailout, US Chamber of Commerce, Cramdown, Campaign Finance, Business News
Michael Winship

While executives are dancing with your dollars, the foreclosures they helped to bring on continue to rise. Many banks are dragging their feet, enjoying the bailout bucks but failing to spread them around.

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Will the Corporate Supremes Now Dance on Democracy's Corpse?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thom Hartmann, Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, John McCain, Corporate Power, John Roberts, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Harvey Wasserman

The contradiction between human rights and corporate power is at the core of the cancer now killing our democracy.

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Gunmaker Gaston Glock: Shell Companies, Nazis, and Murder

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Week, Businessweek, Gun Manufacturers, Campaign Finance, Glock, Gaston Glock, Gunmakers, Election Law, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Nazi, Richard Feldman, Austrian Politics, Jorg Haider, Business News
Josh Sugarmann

Handgun manufacturer Glock finds itself and its one-time employees mired in a web of alleged criminal activity that includes money skimming, illegal campaign contributions, and even murder.

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Why Corporations Shouldn't Play in Elections

Adam Lioz | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Money in Politics, Citizens United, Corporations, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Adam Lioz

Allowing huge corporations or wealthy tycoons to purchase political outcomes makes a mockery of the principle behind one person, one vote.

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Obama's Retirement Plan Needs More Nerve

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Retirement Plans, Barack Obama, Behavioral Economics, Income Tax, Ira, Cigarettes, Smoking, Economics, Behavior, Campaign Finance, Savings Bonds, Retirement Account, Contribution, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

The president announced a handful of new initiatives designed to make it easier for American workers to save more for retirement, that makes use of behavioral economics.

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Tightening the Corporate Grip: The Stakes at the Supreme Court

Robert Weissman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Money and Politics, Supreme Court, Corporate Speech, Elections, Mccain-Feingold, Corporations, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Robert Weissman

Overturning the court's precedents on corporate election expenditures would be nothing short of a disaster.

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A Party Is Not a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, MoveOn.Org, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, Democrats, 2008 Election, Afghanistan War, Campaign Finance, Politics News
David Sirota

Though the 2006 and 2008 elections were billed as progressive movement successes, the story behind them highlights a longer-term failure.

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Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?

Larry Flynt | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Campaign Finance Reform, Wall Street, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Larry Flynt Bailout, Larry Flynt, Campaign Finance, Economy, Business News
Larry Flynt

You hear it more and more, sometimes in code, sometimes spelled out. We have reached the tipping point. The enemy has been identified. It's not left versus right in America. It's democracy versus greed.

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Still Campaigning

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Fritz Hollings, Campaigns, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Reelection, Congress, Senate, Town Hall, Buy America, Health Care, Governors, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

The president's time is limited, and he's got no time like a member of Congress for hit-and-run needs. He has to lead for the real needs of the country.

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LobbyBlog

Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: K Street, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Transparency, Business News

Click here for the latest from the new and improved LobbyBlog! September 4, 2009 AUTO DEALERS SPENT $776,000 ON LOBBYING IN SECOND QUARTER Auto dea...

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Sue 'Em Back to the Stone Age: The RNC Files Suit to Reverse the Small Donor Revolution

Monica Youn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Campaign Finance Reform, Rnc, Small Donor Revolution, McCain Feingold, Citizens United, Obama Small Donors, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Monica Youn

Last week, a panel of the D.C. federal court heard arguments in a case where the RNC is seeking to turn back the clock to a time before Obama's "small-donor revolution."

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