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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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The Supreme Court Tips Its Hand
In a win for judicial independence, the Supreme Court this week upheld the ability of states to ban judges and judicial candidates from directly soliciting campaign contributions in their judicial elections.
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It’s time to amend the Constitution
The Supreme Court seems determined to dismantle our country’s campaign finance rules, with decisions like Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC leaving lawmakers constitutionally prohibited from placing common sense limits on the amount of money raised and spent on elections.The results of their decisions have been disastrous.
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Congressional Bill Seeks End to Congressional Gerrymandering
Today Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced The Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 to end the gerrymandering of congressional districts by requiring that they be drawn by an unbiased citizen commission.
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Public Interest Leadership, Par Excellence
The hits just keep on coming for Team Internet. This
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The Legal Fiction That is Fixing the 2016 Plutocrat Primary
Common Cause is calling on Governors Jeb Bush and Scott Walker to level with Republican primary voters and obey campaign finance laws as they explore running for President. In letters sent to each on Friday we urged them to acknowledge the obvious – that they’re actively pursuing a potential candidacy – and to stop sidestepping laws that put limits on fundraising by declared candidates and those who are “testing the waters.”
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5 Ways You’re A Candidate (Even When You Say You’re Not)
Presidential hopefuls are trying to pull a fast one on us by claiming that they are “non-candidates,” because campaign finance laws impose strict fundraising limitations on prospects who are “testing the waters” and on declared candidates.
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Une large coalition contre Comcast
Il faut reconnaître que Comcast sait vraiment comment organiser l’opposition.
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2016 Presidential Hopefuls Weigh In On Money in Politics Issues
As the 2016 presidential campaign heats up, presidential contenders and potential candidates from both side of the aisle are talking more about the growing influence of big money in our political system, and their solutions to help solve the problem:
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T-Mobile Cuts Ties With ALEC
Mobile wireless company T-Mobile is the latest to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group.
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Nice Try, ALEC
We’ve exposed them for running a tax scam and a secretive “war on democracy.” We’ve documented how their “scholarship” program works as a slush fund to cover the cost of trips to luxury resorts for state legislators and how their corporate members ghostwrite legislation. We’ve worked with allies to successfully encourage dozens of corporations to abandon them.
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Menendez Indictment Exposes Faultiness of Citizens United Logic
Last night, I spoke with Thom Hartmann about how Sen. Robert Menendez's indictment for corruption exposes the faulty reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and how we can fix that decision's corrosive influence in our democracy.
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Common Cause Oregon Interns Speak Out About The Lack Of Oregon’s Campaign Contribution Limits
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