Public Financing

Paul Blumenthal

Congressman's Experiment Aims To Reverse Role Of Big Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Video, Fair Elections Now Act, Small Donors, Public Campaign, Super PACs, Joe Wilson, John Sarbanes Public Financing, Elections 2012, John Sarbanes, Allen West, John Sarbanes Campaign, Public Financing, John Sarbanes Experiment, Campaign Finance, Politics News

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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Money Is Corrupting Our Elections -- It Can Be Stopped

Ed Koch | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Public Campaign Financing, Campaign Finance Reform, Public Financing, Campaign Funding, Campaign Finance Law, Campaign Finance, New York News
Ed Koch

When the New York Leadership for Accountable Government committee meets, I will provide it with all my energy and experience to help bring to the state of New York what New York City has already adopted.

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Candidates Don't Want Your Three Bucks

AP | By TOM RAUM | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Public Financing Campaigns, Elections 2012, Obama, Public Financing, Obama 2012, Campaign Finance, Politics News

-- President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney don't want your three bucks. Sure, they'll happily take direct contributions. But for the...

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Paul Blumenthal

Why Is This Presidential Race Different From All Others?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Public Funding, Video, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Super PACs, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012, Public Financing, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As Rick Santorum exits the Republican presidential primary campaign stage right and Newt Gingrich wallows in a sea of debt, the general ...

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Don't Trust the Infrastructure Trust

Tom Tresser | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Privatization, 2016 Olympics Bid, Public Financing, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

Mayor Emanuel wants us to trust him with the future of all of Chicago's public assets.

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Cleaning Up Elections? It's Simpler Than You Think.

Roger Wolfson | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Public Policy, Politics, Roger-Wolfson, Constitutional Amendment, Citizens United, Public Financing, John Kerry, Clean Elections, Paul Wellstone, Politics News
Roger Wolfson

Simply overturning Citizens United won't provide us with a campaign system that provides fair results. We were doing poorly before Citizens United, too. We need a far more aggressive change than just overturning that one ruling.

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New Yorkers Want a More Accountable Government

Nick Nyhart | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Andrew Cuomo, Public Financing, New York, Super Pac, Campaign Finance Reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York News
Nick Nyhart

As we watch the federal campaign finance system move further and further into the hands of an elite few wealthy Americans, New York will hopefully move in a different direction.

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How Michael Moore Can Help Bring Real Political Change to America

Pearl Korn | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Tim Johnson, Congress, Congressional Progressive Caucus, John Boehner, Michael Moore, Progressives, Founding Fathers, Citizens United, Public Financing, Blue Dog Democrats, Public Citizen, Politics News
Pearl Korn

Our nation deserves a better government, Michael Moore, and you are one of the few people with the ability to actually help make that happen.

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Occupy the Constitution 2.0

Peter M. Shane | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Corruption, Electoral Reform, Democracy, Citizens United, Constitutional Amendment, Public Financing, Lessig, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

I cannot say that my earlier suggestions for a pro-democracy constitutional amendment have ignited a firestorm of grassroots activity. They have, how...

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Public Funds Accepted by Republican Party to Finance their National Nominating Convention

Fred Wertheimer | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Corruption, Congress, Rnc, Elections 2012, Presidential-Public-Financing, Public Financing, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Politics News
Fred Wertheimer

It is more than ironic that at the same time Republican leaders in Congress are trying to kill the public financing system, the Republican party is happy to ask for and accept public funds to finance its own political activities.

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Fix Our Campaigns to Fix Our Economy

Bob Edgar | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Super Committee, Poverty, Campaign Finance, Political Campaigns, Capital Gains Taxes, Super PACs, Public Financing, Campaign Contributions, Politics News
Bob Edgar

Big-money groups are ready and eager to spend millions to preserve the status quo. We must find a way to let candidates who dare to stand up to big money compete and win at the polls.

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The Social Security Conundrum Explained

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Social Security Administration, Taxes, Treasury Department, Benefits, Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Pensions, Social Security Crisis, Obama Social Security, Tea Party, Social Security Benefits, Raise Taxes, Public Financing, Treasury Bonds, Politics News
Paul Heroux

But how can drastic action be necessary when the Social Security trust fund reportedly has over $2.4 trillion in it at present? This is a misleading sleight-of-hand. Here is how.

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A Democracy of Voters, Not Dollars

Adam Skaggs | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Public Financing, US Supreme Court, Arizona, John Roberts, Campaign Finance Reform, Elena Kagan, Elena Kagan Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Adam Skaggs

When handing out political favors is standard operating procedure, it is not surprising that many Americans fear our elected officials are more interested in doing what their campaign donors want than what's in the public's interest.

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Supreme Court Denies Review of Decision Upholding Constitutionality of Public Financing Law

Fred Wertheimer | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Campaign Finance Reform, 2012 Election, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Scotus, Connecticut, Elections 2012, Public Financing, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Fred Wertheimer

The Supreme Court today denied a request for the Court to review the decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Green Party v. Lenge that uphe...

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A Misguided Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Public Financing Law

Fred Wertheimer | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Arizona, Campaign Finance Reform, Public Financing, SCOTUS Campaign Finance, Scotus, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Fred Wertheimer

"Trigger funds" provisions like those in the Arizona law do not restrict the speech of any candidate or group and are a sensible feature of a public financing system.

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Dan Froomkin

Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Law But Leaves Public Financing Intact

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Arizona Public Financing, Supreme Court, Mccomish, Mccomish v. Bennett, Campaign Financing, Public Financing, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court struck down a controversial Arizona public financing measure on Monday by its usual 5-4 margin -- but it resisted the ...

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Goodbye To Federal Funding For 2012 Candidates

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Campaign Fundraising, Federal Public Financing, Barack Obama, 2012 Election, Public Financing, Campaign Fundraising 2012, Elections 2012, Public Campaign Financing, Federal Campaign Financing, Barack Obama 2012, Obama 2012, Politics News

NEW YORK — A cornerstone of U.S. politics since the 1970s, public funding of presidential campaigns may soon go the way of other relics of the e...

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If Japan Can Address Her Crises, Then the U.S. Can Address Job and Energy Insecurity

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, U.S. Economy, Job Security, Clean Energy, Japan Tsunami, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Unemployment, Bank of Japan, Economic Crisis, Japan Economy, European Union, Banking Crisis, Public Financing, Business News
Ann Pettifor

The valuable argument coming from the ashes of this crisis is simple: Japan can afford to rebuild. The economic possibilities of nations depend on human, technological and organizational power.

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Pledging Allegiance to Reforming Our System: Vote Yes on Measure H

Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Koch Brothers, Big Daddy, Measure H, Citizens United, Los Angeles, Public Financing, Los Angeles News
Edward Headington

Given the corrosive nature of money in politics, it is important to limit the flow of the special interest spigot or at least create more opportunities for regular people to compete through public financing.

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The Supreme Court Could Axe Efforts to Reduce Big Money

Jessica Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Politics News, Politics, Campaign Finance, Rescue Funds, Mccomish, Candidate, Arizona, Fundraising, Mccain-Feingold, Public Financing, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Politics News
Jessica Levinson

The Court's ruling will likely determine the constitutional limits of rescue fund provisions and define the boundaries of public financing laws across the country.

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Amanda Terkel

Supreme Court Takes Aim, Yet Again, At Campaign Finance Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Arizona Clean Elections Law, Citizens United, Arizona Clean Elections Act, Citizens United v. FEC, Public Financing, Scotus, Mccomish v. Bennett, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed to hear a free speech challenge to Arizona's Clean Elections Law on Monday, a case that campaign finance reform...

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The Plan to Save America

Norman Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Politics, Corporations, Afghanistan, Democrats, Iraq, Public Financing, Unions, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Norman Goldman

In my opinion, our politics have become fossilized; even stultified. The two parties are not appealing to voters; the ranks of the unaffiliated grow and the disillusionment of the electorate gets ever larger.

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Politics and Pensions: When the Truth Isn't What It Appears

Christopher Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Bennet, Tom Boasberg, Education, Denver News, Denver Public Schools, Taxpayers, Public Financing, Denver News
Christopher Scott

No one appears to be driving the DPS school bus, with the exception of a couple of vilified school board members who keep asking questions.

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Islamic Cultural Center May Get Public Financing: Group Seeks $70 Million

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City Comptroller, September 11, park51, Cordoba House, New York City, Bonds, Public Financing, Religious Freedom, John Liu, Mosque, Muslim Cultural Center, Ground Zero, New York News

The mosque's backers hope to raise a total of $70 million in tax-exempt debt to build the center, according to the New York Times. Tax laws allow such...

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"Clean Elections" Stifles Speech

David M. Primo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, Arizona Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, Mccain-Arizona-Clean-Elections, Public Financing, Public-Matching-Funds, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Clean Elections, Politics News
David M. Primo

The Supreme Court is now considering whether to hear Arizona Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, a First Amendment challenge to Arizona's unconstitutional "Clean Elections" system.

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