October 9, 2008: Common Cause has launched a far-reaching "Protect the Vote" campaign in nearly a dozen states nationwide to strengthen and protect our nation's system of voting and assure that eligible voters are able to vote and that those votes are counted in this historic election. The campaign includes election protection work in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California and New York.Read the press release...Read the Voting in 2008: 10 Swing States report...Support the campaign...
Connecting the dots
October 2, 2008: "...When public attention shifts beyond the bailout to the longer term concern of our economy -- and who makes the decisions and regulations going forward -- we need to make sure we fix our political system so it's not a money game that continues to reward the wealthiest interests at the expense of the rest of us." Read more on CommonBlog...
Fair Elections Now Act introduced
September 26, 2008: Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced the Fair Elections Now Act for full public financing of congressional races this week. This bipartisan, bicameral reform bill would be a huge step towards taking big money out of politics and making elections about voters and regular citizens, instead of Wall Street donors and special interests.Read the press release...Take action...
Ask yourself why they didn’t see this coming
September 24, 2008: Today, Common Cause releases a report that looks at how campaign contributions and lobbying by the mortgage finance industry have played a major role in blocking measures that would have addressed the present financial crisis in a timely manner, and helped American families instead of Wall Street.Read the report...See the press release...
Economic crisis prompts calls for campaign and lobbying reform
September 22, 2008: A new Zogby International poll finds that "Concerning the relationship between the financial services, energy, and military contracting industries and the lawmakers in Washington who regulate them, ...[m]ore than four out of five - 82% - said that political parties, presidential candidates and candidates for the U.S. Congress should be banned from receiving financial contributions from lobbyists or other representatives from those industries that are vital to the financial and national security of the country."Read more from Zogby...Take action...
