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Common Cause Is the Supreme Court about to turn the U.S. into a corporate democracy? The Court's decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case, which could be announced as early as Tuesday, is expected to significantly expand the role of the most powerful special interests in financing American elections. Check out our new report for more...
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Common Cause Great profile of Common Cause President Bob Edgar in the Warwick Beacon today. “Every issue that Congress has to address today is tainted by the current system of campaign contributions and money in politics,” says Edgar.
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Beacon Communications is a publishing and sales management company. Its principal newspaper is the twice-weekly Warwick Beacon, serving Rhode Island's second largest city. In addition to the Beacon, the ...
Common Cause Check out our August newsletter for stories on the Fair Elections Now Act hearing, budget reform in Pennsylvania, our "Money Watch" project in Georgia and more!
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Common Cause - Holding Power Accountable
Common Cause From Robert Reich: "It’s bad enough when industry lobbyists extract concessions from members of Congress, which happens all the time. But when an industry gets secret concessions out of the White House in return for a promise to lend the industry’s support to a key piece of legislation, we’re in big trouble. That’s called extortion." What do you think?
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I'm a strong supporter of universal health insurance, and a fan of the Obama administration. But I'm appalled by the deal the White House has made with the
Common Cause Actor Sam Waterston and Common Cause VPs Arn Pearson & Sarah Dufendach explain why we need to change the way we finance campaigns by passing the Fair Elections Now Act ... (more info) (less info)
Over the past week, a fierce debate has been raging on Capital Hill. This one, however, has nothing to do with healthcare or energy. Rather, it centers on the funding of our Department of Defense. More specifically, it deals with the funding of a new advanced weapon, the F-22 Raptor...
Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, had a discussion on Tuesday with young progressives that identified the importance of health care reform...
Mary went on the air with public radio in Philadelphia this morning to describe how the health industries' lobbying and campaign cash is playing a big role in the health debate. You can listen to the three-minute clip here...
Aram Roston's Huffington Post story on a CIA Supervisor who claims to have used fire ants during interrogation, although horrifying, is just another disappointing example of the triumph of bravado over morality when it comes to the treatment and interrogation of detainees...
Over the next few days, the Senate hopes to finish debate and pass the Defense Authorization Bill. In that bill, somewhere among the hundreds of billions of dollars, there exists an amendment for additional F-22 fighter jets. Each F-22 rings up the tax-payer for $44,259 per hour of flight time...
This week, the Senate begins deliberations on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who if confirmed, would become the first Hispanic and only the third woman to serve on the high court...
Since President Obama has taken office his administration and a congress controlled by Democrats have pursued and passed several major initiatives geared toward putting America back on track...
...except for a Dick Cheney surprise, that is. He's been out of office for over five months, but every day another example of the former Vice President's eight-year end-run around the Constitution comes to light...
A day after this Politico story pointed out the growing pressure on the Obama administration to act, not just make promises, to upgrade our ailing campaign finance laws in this country, the New York Times weighs in with an important call to Obama to make the FEC a functional agency again.The F.E.C...
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