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OpenSecrets Webchat Oct. 4: Ask the Experts -- How Citizens United Will Matter in 2012
Canberra :: Australia | 9 months ago
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David Magleby, Ray La Raja, Timothy Werner, Diana Dwyre and CRP's Bob Biersack -- will be on hand to discuss, among other things, how the 2010 decision has led to a surge in independent expenditures by unions and corporations.
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Pelosi Hopeful that Boehner Will Join Her in Supporting the People's Rights Amendment
Political Satire Nancy Pelosi today called on Speaker of the House, John Boehner, to join her in co-sponsoring the “People’s Rights Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution. Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA)
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Campaign shows power of super PACs
Miami :: FL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves...In
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Montana Supreme Court restores 100-year-old state ban on corporate political money
Helena :: MT :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The Montana Supreme Court restored the state's century-old ban on direct spending by corporations on political candidates or committees in a ruling Friday that interest groups say bucks a high profile U.S. Supreme Court decision granting political
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Five Constitutional Amendments That Could Overturn Citizens United - How Are They Different?
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The latest US business and financial news as well as issues and events Sample Campaign finance laws, in addition to widening income inequality, were introduced into the public discourse toward the tail-end of 2011 following the popularization of the
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Bernie Sanders Explains Why Congress Fears Citizens United
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Dec 16, 2011 It took just 12 minutes and 29 seconds on the Senate floor Sunday for Sen. Bernie Sanders to expose the real power of corporate America over our elections. It should be a rallying cry for the embattled minority trying to clean up the
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Sanders proposes bill to outlaw corporate money in US elections
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced a Constitutional Amendment bill that would profoundly curtail corporate money influence over US elections. The Sanders legislation is call the Saving American Democracy Amendment.
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Obama battles Super PAC money in 2012 re-election bid
September 28, 2011 - Money and power go hand in hand in American politics, and there is no better example of it than the Super PAC's that are funding the 2012 elections. Political strategist David Axelrod sees an uphill
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