Congress
TONIGHT: Virtual Town Hall With Rep. Larson
Submitted by monica rober on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 21:10.
Click here http://townhall.fairelectionsnow.org TODAY, February 25 at 6:00 P.M. EST for a virtual town hall meeting with Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826) lead House sponsor, Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.).
Fair Elections Now
Submitted by monica rober on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 21:49.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, editorializes on the need for the Fair Elections Now Act in the wake of the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court.
Congress Should Say "Yes" to Public Financing,
Submitted by monica rober on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 19:24.
Angela Migally, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, makes the case for public financing of congressional elections in The Hill.
Public Campaign and Common Cause: New Proposal Not Enough
Submitted by monica rober on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 19:00.
In a press conference today, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-M.D.) revealed a legislative response to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. "We need to move very quickly to blunt the corrosive impact of this decision on democracy," noted Rep. Van Hollen. While Public Campaign and Common Cause agree with this assessment, we believe that any response must go further to include public financing of congressional elections.
New Polling Exposes Voter Anger
Submitted by monica rober on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 18:56.
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.
Millions More to Flood Campaign Coffers
Submitted by monica rober on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 18:49.
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.) Calls For Fair Elections in Op-ed
Submitted by John Papagiannis on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:51.
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.
Editorials in New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle come out in favor of congressional public financing
Submitted by John Papagiannis on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 14:44.
The New York Times has an editorial supporting public financing of elections for Congress and the San Francisco Chronicle urges passage of the Fair Elections Now Act.
Addressing Huge Money in Congress
Submitted by monica rober on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 16:12.
Common Cause President and former member of Congress Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) has a new op-ed in the Omaha World-Herald with fellow former member John J. Cavanaugh III (D-Neb.). Together they note that fund raising for congressional campaigns has spiraled out of control with the influx of big money.
Article in Minnesota Discusses Fair Elections Efforts in Congress
Submitted by John Papagiannis on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 14:55.
The Minnesota Independent has a story today discussing the Fair Elections Now Act in Congress.