Public Financing

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If Progressives Want a Clean Energy Bank, They Need Better Economics

David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Economics, Clean Energy Bank, Libertarianism, Public Financing, Green News

One of the most excellent pieces of the climate bill now awaiting defenestration at the hands of Senate Blue Dogs is its creation of a Clean Energy Bank that would help finance nascent clean energy projects.

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Illinois Senate Democrats Talk Ethics Record to New Media, Push Back on Old Media Complaints

David Ormsby | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stuart Levine, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Kwame Raoul, Don Harmon, Patrick Collins, Illinois Politics, John Cullerton, Jeff Schoenberg, Barack Obama, Illinois Political Reform, Illinois Reform Commission, Public Financing, Chicago News

Kwame Raoul introduced legislation for public financing two years ago. His predecessor, Barack Obama, sponsored the same legislation in 2005. What did Chicago newspapers editorialize at the time at the time on the Obama bill? Nothing.

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Sam Waterston Pushes Bipartisan Fair Elections Now Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waterson Campaign, Dick Durbin, Arlen Specter, Clean Elections, Sam Waterson, Public Financing, Obama Financing, Public Elections, Obama Elections, Politics News

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is set to propose legislation this week that would create a public election financing system that would keep candidate...

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Stanford, Madoff Scandals Show Need for Campaign Finance Reform

Duncan Quirk | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Legislative Term Limits, R. Allen Stanford, Madoff Fraud, Allen Stanford, Allen Stanford Sec Investigation, Stanford, Madoff Scandal, Public Financing, Bernie Madoff, Campaign Finance, Campaign Finance Reform, Madoff, Public Campaign Fincancing, Stanford Financial, 2008 Campaign, Public Campaign Financing, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Politics News

Senators and Representatives are elected to represent their constituents, so why should Madoff and Stanford and others be allowed to donate to campaigns for which they are not constituents?

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Where Do We Set the "Restore" System Date?

Tom Tresser | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Global Financial Crisis, Madoff Scandal, Financial Meltdown, FInancial Markets, Public Financing, Business News

At what point did our financial system stop producing real value and started selling soap bubbles? Can you quote any far-sighted individuals who saw all this coming?

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Daschle's Situation, and the Small-Dollar Solution

Joe Trippi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Public Financing, Lobbyists, Donors, Change Congress, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle Taxes, Daschle Withdraws, Leo Hindery, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Campaign Finance Reform, Joe Trippi, Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tom Daschle Health Care, Tom Daschle Hhs, Daschle Taxes, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Daschle Tax Records, Politics News

Like many decent people, Daschle got caught in a bad system that is so corrupted by money it hardly matters whether the money is from good people with good intentions or bad people with bad intentions.

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A New Closing Dynamic

Jim Randel | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Real Estate, Money, Finance, Economy, Mortgage Lenders, Houses, Apartments, Buying Real Estate, Business, Public Financing, Buying, Lending Crisis, Buying a House, Selling, Banks, Buying Property, Business News

It seems to me that if the seller and buyer are in agreement on all terms, then the mechanics of the closing should never delay the manifestation of the parties' desire and intent, i.e. money for deed.

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Small Donors are Going on Strike: A Strike for Change

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donor Strike, Common Cause, Congress, Public Financing, Americans for Campaign Reform, Public Citizen, Citizen-Funded Elections, Election Results, Lawrence Lessig, Pledge, Colbert, Change Congress, Pirg, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, Politics News

We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.

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How Should We Get Big-Money Influence Out of Congressional Elections?

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Corruption, Congress, Larry Lessig, Public Financing, Dick Durbin, Citizen-Funded Elections, Special Interests, People-Powered Elections, Lawrence Lessig, Barack Obama, David Donnelly, Voting, Lessig Congress, Campaign Finance, Joe Trippi, Change Congress, Mccain Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News

I and others will soon announce a large grassroots campaign aimed at channeling the amazing desire for change that Americans are feeling right now into tangible and fundamental reform of our political system.

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The Future of Progressive Reform

Jay Mandle | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Finance Reform, Presidential Politics, Public Financing, Politics News

Over and beyond the need to stimulate the economy, this country urgently requires reform and renewal. Unhappily, the way Obama's campaign was funded means that we are unlikely to get it.

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

Nick Nyhart | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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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What to Do With Detroit?

The Real News | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

"Governments around the world have always been proactive in growing and nurturing industries like the auto industry. In North America for the last couple of decades, we haven't done that."

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Call him Big Money Mitch

David Donnelly | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Mitch McConnell, Health, Clean Elections, Public Financing, Fair Elections, Kentucky, Big Money Mitch, Campaign Money Watch, Politics News

The voters in Kentucky are beginning to sour on their Senator Mitch McConnell. Three polls in a week show him in a battle for re-election -- all show his lead within the margin of error.

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Looking to Connecticut for Change

Nick Nyhart | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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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McCain Campaign Rewrites Keating Scandal

David Donnelly | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Lobbyists, Scandal, Rick Davis, Public Financing, Keating Five, Corruption, Campaign Money Watch, Politics News

The Keating Five connections are very troubling for what they mean today -- both on economic philosophy and on McCain's willingness to get cozy with special interests.

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The Obama Money Situation

Rick Hasen | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Fundraising, Barack Obama 527, Public Funding, Public Financing, 527s, Barack Obama, Politics News

The race is indeed tightening, which explains why the Obama campaign wants a lot of money -- a little panic is probably a good thing from their perspective.

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Prebuttal: McCain's Reform Credentials Have Turned to Sand

David Donnelly | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Money Watch, John McCain, Clean Elections, Ralph Reed, Reform, Maverick, McCain Lobbyist, Republican Convention, Lobbyist, Abramoff, Rnc, Earmarks, Presidential Campaign, Public Financing, Sarah Palin, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News

The John McCain who fought for campaign finance reform in the past is not the same John McCain speaking tonight. Here's what he'll claim, and what the truth really is.

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Are the Conventions Worth 32 Cents?

Jay Mandle | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Breaking Politics News, Special Interest Groups, Public Financing, Republican Convention, Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Party conventions are not supposed to be privately financed. Political conventions have, in short, become one more way that inequality is built into our political system.

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Fundraising Race Between Dems, GOP Nearly Tied Overall

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Rnc, Public Financing, July Fundraising, Dnc, Barack Obama, Politics News

Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee began August with just over $94 million in the bank, putting them very close to the $96 ...

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McCain Gets Cash From Same Bush Bundlers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Small Donations, Barack Obama, Public Financing, Fundraising, Mccain Bundlers, John McCain, Bush Bundlers, Politics News

If there was ever a symbol of how vastly different the McCain and Obama campaigns are structured, it came in the form of their June fundraising number...

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$400 million for McCain: Who Broke Public Financing?

David Donnelly | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fair Elections Now Act, John McCain, Clean Elections, 2008 Presidential Race, Rick Davis, Phil Gramm, Public Financing, Barack Obama, Politics News

The McCain campaign, despite its intent to take public financing in a few months for the general election, is conducting a high-dollar fundraising event every day of the week.

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Obama Courting Clinton Donors

MOMocrats | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Hillary Clinton Fundraising, Barack Obama Fundraising, Fundraising, Barack Obama, Public Financing, Hillary Clinton, Campaign Finance, Home News

Obama's wooing big Clinton donors is disturbing to those who rejoiced in the fact that his campaign was immune to the influence of big money donors. You can be sure the GOP will exploit this to the fullest extent.

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McCain's Public Financing Flip-Flops

Daniel Burrell | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain FEC, John McCain, Mccain Public Financing, Barack Obama, Obama Public Financing, Obama Financing, Public Financing, Politics News

As a candidate, he has been all over the map on the issue of public financing during the primaries. McCain's recent attack on Barack Obama is political hypocrisy at its worst.

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Broder Leads Off Column On Gerrymandering WIth Pointless, Distorted Shot At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Public Financing, Mccain Loan, Washington Post, Obama Public Financing, Public Financing, David Broder, Barack Obama, Media News

David Broder is up in arms about gerrymandering, and has written all about it in the op-ed pages of the Washington Post today. As far as his take on ...

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NRCC Head: Obama Is "Nixonian To The Core"

The Hill | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nrcc, Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Public Financing, Public Financing, Tom Cole, Nixon, Politics News

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Tuesday that Barack Obama's decision to break a pledge and forgo public financing for the general election was "Nixonian....

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