Speaking about the Fair Elections Now Act at a forum at the Center for American Progress, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) commented that President Lyndon Johnson wouldn't have been able to pass Medicare today with the influence of campaign cash.

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A recent editorial in the New Jersey Star-Ledger presents the Fair Elections Now Act as a needed reform and urges readers to call on their Congressperson to support the legislation.

The Fair Elections Now Act was introduced in both chambers of Congress yesterday. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Reps. John Larson (D-Conn.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) will help end the campaign money chase on Capitol Hill and make our elections about voters, and not wealthy interests.

The bill introduction drew media coverage from many outlets...  

Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly of Public Campaign have an Op-Ed in The Nation discussing the Fair Elections Now Act.