Citizens United ruling fuels voter ire: new bipartisan polling reveals voters' anger with special interest influence in Washington. Politico reports that a whopping 79% of respondents think that Congress is controlled by those who finance their campaigns.

In the Huffington Post yesterday, President Obama's National Deputy Campaign Manager in 2008, Steve Hildebrand, says millions more to flood campaign coffers following the Citizens United ruling - and the only way to curb the influence of money in politics is the Fair Elections Now Act.

Former Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) has an op-ed in today's Washington Post decrying the recent Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling, and calls for the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 752, H.R. 1826) as the answer.

After a delay, the House Administration committee hearing: “Defining the Future of Campaign Finance in an Age of Supreme Court Activism” has begun.

Panel: 

Mr. Robert Lenhard
Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP and Former Chair, Federal Elections Commission
Ms. Judith A. Browne-Dianis
Co-Director, Advancement Project
Ms. Mary G. Wilson
President, League of Women Voters
Ms. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
Ms. Allison Hayward
Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Mr. Steve Simpson
Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice
 

Members of the House subcommittee are now questioning the first panel.