special interests

New Polling Exposes Voter Anger

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

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?

Lawrence Lessig, co-founder of Change Congress, disusses the need to remove special interest money from congressional campaigns on The Huffington Post.