May 30, 2012

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Congressman's Experiment Aims To Reverse Role Of Big Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In the age of super PACs and K Street fundraisers, the hunt for grassroots donors, those giving small sums, has become less and less imp...

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News Corp. Faces Criticism Over New Political Contribution Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- News Corporation's board of directors recently unveiled a new policy of annually disclosing all the company's political donations. But a...

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Top Dem Clarifies Opposition To Obama Executive Order

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s office offered a quick clarification on Tuesday night to earlier comments the congressman made oppos...

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Oversight Chair, Fighting Obama Disclosure Order, Accused Of Doing Donor's Bidding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration hasn't yet tipped its hand as to when, or if, the president will sign an executive order requiring government c...

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'Soul Of A Citizen' Excerpt: Taking Money Out Of Politics: A Grassroots Effort For Clean Elections

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maine's Clean Elections Act passed with 56 percent of the vote, and it changed Maine's politics. By 2008, three quarters of the candidates in the state were participating.

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Founding Fathers Crash Corporate Fundraisers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Founding Fathers, Common Cause, Government Transparency, Fundraising, Public Campaign, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance Reform, Video, Politics News

Volunteers dressed up as George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Betsy Ross took to the streets in a trolley tour of congressional fundr...

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Republican Senators Have Taken More Wall Street Cash Than Dems Over Last 6 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 41 Senate Republicans who signed a letter of opposition to the Democratic financial regulatory reform bill have on average received 25 percent mor...

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Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Business as usual for Hemsley and UnitedHealth is a chronic pattern of abuse and neglect of its policy-holders, along with a powerful political influence-peddling operation that involves costly campaign contributions.

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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Blago My Pay-Go: How Not to Sell an Illinois Senate Seat

Nick Nyhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Elections, Rod Blagojevich, Public Financing, Public Campaign, Campaign Finance, Politics News

While public financing won't eradicate blind ambition or bloated egos, it will make a political class more accountable to voters instead of big campaign contributors and take out a key thoroughfare for corruption.

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Looking to Connecticut for Change

Nick Nyhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008, Public Financing, Clean Elections, Public Campaign, Washington, Connecticut, Fair Elections, Congress, Election, Minnesota, Politics News

The State Election Enforcement Commission in Connecticut announced that 75% of candidates for the state legislature have qualified and received funds under the state's Clean Elections program.

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After the Wall St. Bailout: More Plutocracy, or the Rise of Net-Powered Politics?

Micah Sifry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Paulson, Democracy, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Public Campaign, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

The bailout bill, and the process by which it is being jammed through Congress, is an affront to democratic values. We can do better.

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