Corporate Donations

Why Companies Aren't Just Writing Checks To Charities Anymore

Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Hp, Video, Charity, Patricia Devereux, Corporate Charity, Executive Giving, Corporate Donations, Corporate Giving, Forbes Insight, Impact News

Charitable giving is up, but executives aren't just throwing money at causes anymore. They're focusing on engaging their employees in volunteerism, a ...

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Limiting Real People from Politics Hurts Us All

Sharon Bonner | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Transparency, Corporate Donations, Campaign Finance Reform, Scott Gessler, Campaign Finance, Denver News
Sharon Bonner

The U.S. Constitution mentions voting rights more than any other right. But both locally and nationally, we are witnessing organized efforts to limit eligible voters from casting their ballots.

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Paul Blumenthal

Political Disclosure Doesn't Harm Corporate Bottom Lines: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Disclosure, Corporations, Elections 2012, Corporate Donations, Chamber of Commerce, Citizens United, Securities and Exchange Commission, DISCLOSE Act, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Corporations should not fear disclosing their political spending, says a report co-authored by a Harvard Law School professor and the wa...

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Amanda Terkel

Al Franken Calls For More Robust Senate Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Russ Feingold, Super Pac, Political Action Committees, Netroots Nation, Al Franken, Elections 2012, Netroots, Corporate Donations, 112th Congress, Undisclosed Donations, 501c4, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) seems to have few Democratic allies in Congress interested in rejecting corporate dollars and undisc...

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Amanda Terkel

Russ Feingold: 'The Democratic Party Is In Danger Of Losing Its Identity'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Russ Feingold Progressives United, Corporate Donations, Russ Feingold, Corporate Contributions, Netroots Nation, Progressives United, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Former Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold issued Democrats a dire warning at the annual Netroots Nation conference here on Thursday...

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Judge Rules Corporate Donations Ban Unconstitutional

AP | By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Campaign Donation Ruling, James Cacheris, Corporate Donations, Corporate Political Donations, Citizens United, Campaign Finance Ruling, Campaign Contribution Ruling, Corporate Donation Ruling, Politics News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is uncons...

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House GOP Chairmen Raking In Contributions From Business Interests

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Leadership, John Boehner, Corporate Donations, Eric Cantor, 112th Congress, Gop Chairmen, Republican Chairmen, House Gop Chairmen, Gop Chairmen Donations, Politics News

The new Republican leaders in the House have received millions of dollars in fresh contributions from banks, health insurers and other major business ...

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Citizens United v. United Citizens: Building a Movement to Drive Money Out of Politics

Gideon Rosenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Finance Reform, Corporations, Corporate Donations, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Gideon Rosenblatt

Dissatisfaction with our political system runs much broader than the progressive community, and it would be a huge mistake to frame the current threat to American democracy as a solely progressive issue.

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Amanda Terkel

SOLID GOLD: Bay Area Gym Franchises Split With Parent Company

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Trt Holdings, Robert Rowling, Elections 2010, Corporate Donations, LGBT Issues, American Crossroads, Gold's Gym, Politics News

Gold's Gym is facing a backlash from LGBT activists over its CEO's $2 million donation to American Crossroads, the conservative political group affili...

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Citizens United Ruling Thrusts IRS Into Watchdog Role--With Loopholes Galore

WASHINGTON POST | T.W. Farnam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ads, Congress, Irs, Campaign Finance, Fec, Political Ads, DISCLOSE Act, Corporate Personhood, Campaign Donations, Transparency, Citizens United, Americans for Job Security, Supreme Court, Corporate Donations, Unions, Politics News

The Supreme Court's decision this year in Citizens United, which lifted campaign spending restrictions for companies and interest groups, has indirect...

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Sam Stein

MoveOn Puts Out Closing Ad, Casting Corporate Donors Against Average Citizens

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moveon Final Ad, Moveon, Corporate Money, 2010 Elections, Corporations Moveon, Campaign Finance, Moveon Closing Ad, Corporate Donations, Elections 2010, Gabrielle Giffords, Video, Politics News

In the last round of ads it will run before the election, the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org is going back to the well, raising the specter of ...

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New Leader In Political Giving

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell, Political Giving, Political Donations, Honeywell Donations, Corporate Donations, Corporate Giving, Center for Responsive Politics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, David Cote, Politics News

Amid this year's heated debate over corporate campaign cash, the top donor to House and Senate campaigns is a company that was an also-ran in politica...

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Ryan Grim

RYAN GRIM It's All About The Money: Bennet-Romanoff Race Waged Over Corporate Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Colorado Senate Race, Andrew Romanoff, 2010 Elections, Bennet Romanoff, Michael Bennet, Corporate Donations, Democrats 2010 Elections, Campaign Finance, Elections 2010, Politics News

Voter concern over corporate influence on elections and lawmaking was the most potent force in the closely-watched Democratic Senate primary campaign ...

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Corporate Campaign Fundraising Picks Up Speed

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, American Crossroads, Corporate Fundraising, Citizens United Fundraising, Corporate Donations, Campaign Donations, Campaign Fundraising, Citizens United, Chamber of Commerce, Federal Election Commiccion, 2010 Election, Fec, Politics News

Driven by increasing anger at Democratic policies and by recent Supreme Court decisions unshackling corporate contributions, business and conservative...

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Enough Delays

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, DISCLOSE Act, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Secret Holds, Child Nutrition Act, Filibuster Reform, Corporate Donations, Politics News
Sen. Michael Bennet

Since I first came to the Senate about a year ago I've been consistently frustrated by how the filibuster is abused to bring progress to a halt.

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Restoring Democracy After Citizens United

Daniel J. H. Greenwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Elections, Corporate Donations, US Supreme Court, Citizens United v. FEC, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Daniel J. H. Greenwood

All that's required to fix the United Citizens decision is a statute that demands that politically active corporations be what Justice Kennedy myth claims they are: associations of citizens.

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