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Citizens United Constitutional Amendment

Kathleen Miles

Thousands To Vote On Overturning Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.14.2013 | Los Angeles

When Angelenos go to the polls next week to choose the next mayor of Los Angeles, they will be the largest electorate to vote on a constitutional amen...

John Celock

Conservative Push Could Benefit Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

Conservative politicians and groups are largely behind a renewed push to have the states call a constitutional convention, but a nonpartisan group ded...

Lawmakers: Overturn Citizens United

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

The Democratic-controlled West Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to call on Congress to enact a constitutional amendment overturning the Citi...

Congressman Backs Citizens United Amendment

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a vocal supporter of campaign reform, is pushing Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United....

New Congressman: Corporations Are 'Neither People Nor Patriots'

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock and Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) has been in Congress for only seven weeks, but he already supports measures to decrease the influence of money in the pol...

Kathleen Miles

CALIFORNIA VS. CITIZENS UNITED

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.21.2013 | Los Angeles

California voters are poised to become the largest electorate to decide whether to support a constitutional amendment that would overturn the U.S. Sup...

Paul Blumenthal

Major Reform Push On Controversial Anniversary

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.22.2013 | Politics

ANNAPOLIS, MD. -- Campaign finance reformers are ringing in the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision with dozens of ...

Voting Rights and Money Out of Politics Movements Form Historic Democracy Coalition

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics
Miles Mogulescu

The voting rights movement and the Money Out of Politics movement are finding common ground and creating a dynamic new coalition that will make each far stronger and will together create powerful momentum for resisting the growing threats to American democracy.

Kathleen Miles

Get Ready To Vote On Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.25.2013 | Los Angeles

Following the most expensive presidential election in history, Los Angeles voters are set to become the largest electorate to vote whether to support ...

Paul Blumenthal

Is New Congress Ready For Campaign Finance Reform?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 election was the most expensive in history, with a pricetag as high as $6 billion. This staggering amount brought with it many ...

Why Money in Politics Is Still a Really Big Deal

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
Miles Mogulescu

Money in politics remains the greatest danger to government of, by, and for the people, and the 2012 elections only made a bad situation worse.

After $6 Billion Election Campaign, Movement to Get Money Out of Politics Starts a 'Prairie Fire'

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics
Miles Mogulescu

Whether you're president, a senator or a Congressperson, most likely you owe your office in large part to money from a relatively small number of rich people.

Paul Blumenthal

States Take A Stand Against Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 11.07.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In Colorado and Montana voters overwhelmingly stated their disapproval of the campaign finance climate that emerged in the wake of the S...

Why Amending The Constitution Won't Fix Citizens United

Democracy Journal | Posted 09.12.2012 | Politics

It is not surprising that most opponents of Citizens United have focused on constitutional responses. Policy ideas often start in academia, and it is ...

Paul Blumenthal

Campaign Reformers Disappointed In Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, a central tenet of his campaign was that he would not play the same old Washington gam...

Paul Blumenthal

Obama Makes Big 'Constitutional' Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 08.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In answering a question posed to him by a member of the Internet community Reddit, President Barack Obama stated his support for a const...

Paul Blumenthal

Pelosi, House Dems Issue Campaign Dare To GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 08.01.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The House Democratic leadership stepped out of the Capitol on Wednesday to offer their full support for a package of proposed electoral ...

Patrick Svitek

Nancy Pelosi Slams Super PAC Spending, Calls To Overturn Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Patrick Svitek | Posted 07.27.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) laid out the stakes of November's elections to hundreds of young voters Thursday, amping u...

Paul Blumenthal

Democrats Support Bold Fix For Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 07.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats, battered by a tsunami of independent campaign spending and without legislative recourse, promoted a constitutional ame...

'A Serious Threat': City Officials Take On Citizens United Ruling

Aaron Sankin | Posted 07.17.2012 | San Francisco

Legislators in San Francisco are taking aim at the role of corporations in American politics with a new bill that would make it official city policy t...

Just Capital: What the 99% Really Need (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.08.2012 | Politics
Deepak Chopra

The frustration over social injustice, inspired by Wall Street's flagrant behavior before and after the calamitous downturn of 2008, strikes me as the most urgent issue facing us right now.

Paul Blumenthal

Activists Organize Weeklong Hit Against Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 06.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Activists across the country are working this week to mobilize local communities in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn th...

Paul Blumenthal

Vermont Says No To Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Vermont has become the third U.S. state to pass a resolution calling on Congress to amend the Constitution to get money out of politics ...

How Public Citizen Is Exactly Like Battlestar Galactica

Steve Skrovan | Posted 06.18.2012 | Comedy
Steve Skrovan

Public Citizen is fighting the good fight for health, safety, justice and democracy, and I have decided to help the only way I know how. I'm putting together a crack team of comedians for a benefit in support of this very important and historically successful Battlestar.

It's Not Just Citizens United

Alan B. Morrison | Posted 05.06.2012 | Politics
Alan B. Morrison

For those who think that our election system is fundamentally on the wrong track, the only option is to amend the Constitution to allow Congress and the States to do what is necessary to restore some level of sanity to campaign finance rules.