
special interests
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.
AIG: Will We Solve the Underlying Problem?
Submitted by monica rober on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 16:15.
Lawrence Lessig, co-founder of Change Congress, disusses the need to remove special interest money from congressional campaigns on The Huffington Post.