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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Press Club Panel Examines “New Nullification” in the Senate
A standing room only crowd turned out Tuesday at the National Press Club for a Common Cause-sponsored panel discussion of “The ‘New Nullification’ At Work,” a report issued this Spring on continuing dysfunction in the U.S. Senate.
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As ALEC heads to Dallas, who’s paying the bills
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive, corporate-backed, lobby will have its annual conference next week in Dallas. More than 1,000 state lawmakers from across the country will convene for closed-door meetings with corporate lobbyists and executives to write “model bills” dealing with everything from education to telecommunications to environmental policy.
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Round Up: Common Cause at Netroots
The thousands of progressive activists who turned out for last weekend’s Netroots Nation conference in Detroit included a strong contingent from Common Cause.
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PR Watch Flushes Out the Kochs
In a PR Watch article posted on Monday, Brendan Fischer and Nick Surgey detail the immense power of the industrialists Charles and David Koch, the brothers who’ve become synonymous with big money in politics . The post explores how the brothers are able to legally give millions to political organizations every year.
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What We’re Reading This Week – 7/11/14
This week: Keystone pipeline lobbying, redistricting, Udall amendment, and the People’s Pledge
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What We’re Reading, Week Ending July 18
Recommended reading from Common Cause
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The Slippery Slope of Individual Rights for Corporations
The Supreme Court is supposed to protect everyone’s rights, interpreting our laws so that each person is valued equally. But in Hobby Lobby and other corporate cases, the Court seems to be granting special rights and privileges to corporations.
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Common Cause Maryland Hosts Birthday Party for Gerrymandering’s Namesake
Common Cause Maryland hosted a birthday party Thursday for Elbridge Gerry, widely credited as the first politician to perfect the dark art of manipulating legislative lines for partisan purposes. Gerry, a former Vice President and Massachusetts governor, signed into law oddly shaped districts meant to solidify his party’s majority in the legislature while he was governor. The Boston Gazette drew a political cartoon in 1812 comparing one of the districts to a salamander and naming the district a “gerrymander.”
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Voter, Get Your Gun
An Alabama attorney general's opinion highlights the continuing need for the Voting Rights Act
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مع تعطل موقع لجنة الاتصالات الفيدرالية (FCC)، نقدم تعليقات شخصية حول حيادية الشبكة
عندما تعطل موقع لجنة الاتصالات الفيدرالية ــ مرة أخرى، يوم الثلاثاء ــ وهو اليوم الأخير لتقديم التعليقات بشأن حيادية الشبكة، سافر اثنان من المتدربين في منظمة "القضية المشتركة" عبر العاصمة واشنطن وسط عاصفة رعدية لتسليم نسخ مطبوعة من آلاف التعليقات من الأعضاء والناشطين.
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Major Victory for Florida Voters
A Florida circuit court yesterday ruled that the state’s congressional lines violated state constitutional requirements that redistricting be done in a nonpartisan manner. Common Cause was a plaintiff to the lawsuit along with League of Women Voters of Florida, National Council of La Raza, and several Florida voters.
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Peach State People’s Pledge
Michelle Nunn is the 4th major U.S. Senate candidate to call for a People's Pledge.
