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Politico: Wall Street invested heavily in Obama

PoliticoWall Street invested heavily in ObamaBy Kenneth P. VogelJanuary 20, 2009 Barack Obama boasted on the campaign trail that his administration would not be beholden […]

Washington Post: Justices Split on Campaign Finance

The Washington PostJustices Split on Campaign Finance Court Will Debate Case This Fall Charles LaneSeptember 9, 2003 With the first caucuses and primaries of campaign […]

The Hill: House GOP leaders dodge questions on the future of ethics office

By Susan Crabtree  House Republican leaders won’t say whether they will scrap an ethics office if they regain the majority this fall.The Office of Congressional […]

Editorials From The New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer Support Disclosure

The New York Times Where Are the Good-Government Republicans? March 28, 2012 Senator John McCain recently denounced the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision as “naïve […]

POLITICO: 2012: Year of the anonymous donor?

By Kenneth P. Vogel If anyone had doubts about the role that anonymous and untraceable money will play in the 2012 campaign ad wars, a […]

Statement by Reform Groups on the Internet Regulation Adopted Today by the FEC

Statement of Reform Groups on the InternetRegulation Adopted Today by the FEC The following statement is being issued by the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy […]

Politico: Dems move to blunt Citizens United

PoliticoDems move to blunt Citizens UnitedBy Politico StaffApril 24, 2010 In the coming week, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. […]

Dragging Big Business to Disclosure

Yesterday an editorial appeared in The New York Times entitled, ”Dragging Big Business to Disclosure.” The editorial deals with the requirements of the new lobbying […]

The Hill Experts don’t expect huge fallout from Citizens United decision in first quarter

The Hill Experts don’t expect huge fallout from Citizens United decision in first quarterBy Emily Goodin March 31, 2010 Campaign finance experts don’t expect to […]

PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW: New Proposal Seeks to Boost the Power of Small Donors After Citizens United

MEDIA ADVISORY for Wednesday, August 21, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. EST Contact: Kathryn Beard, 202-355-9600, kbeard@democracy21.org, Jeanine Plant-Chirlin, 646.292.8322, Jeanine.plant-chirlin@nyu.edu PRESS BRIEFING: New Proposal Seeks to Boost […]