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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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5 Facts You Didn’t Know About The NRA’s Political Spending
NRA’s political spending has tripled since Citizens United. The NRA has always been a big political spender, but since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed unlimited political spending by corporations and special interests groups in the 2010 Citizens United decision, the NRA’s spending on federal elections increased dramatically.
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Florida Supreme Court Issues Final Ruling in Favor of Common Cause Congressional Map
The Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Fair Districts Now Coalition and selected its preferred map to replace existing congressional districts.
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A Must in Maryland: Voter Education
Maryland’s new and improved paper voting system is finally here, ready to be used for the first time in our 2016 elections. We have a chance with this new system to encourage democracy! Voting is our most powerful tool to have a voice in our democracy – so it is critical that we put forth the effort to informing citizens about how the voting process has changed and what to expect on Election Day. Voter education will strengthen our voices as citizens and encourage more people to vote.
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Sen. McConnell’s deal for the ultra-wealthy to buy politicians
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Politico reported that Senator McConnell is planning to insert a provision in a must-pass government funding bill that would significantly increase the amount of money that political parties could spend on candidates. The provision, drafted in secret and without any hearings, would eliminate caps on the amount of political money that parties may spend in coordination with candidates.
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Remembering David Cohen
Former Common Cause president and lifelong advocate for democracy has passed away.
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Pfizer Deal Strengthens Case for Executive Order Requiring Transparency in Political Spending
The tax inversion provisions Allergan and Pfizer are about to exploit are well-known and could easily be eliminated. They exist because Pfizer and other large corporations, individually and through groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have used campaign contributions and an army of lobbyists to persuade a long line of Congresses and Presidents to riddle the federal tax code with loopholes.
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This Thanksgiving, Talk Turkey For Democracy
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks, visit loved ones, decompress… and inevitably... talk politics around the dinner table.
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새로운 연구 결과, 정치 솔루션에서 양당의 돈 지원이 확인됨
퓨 리서치 센터의 새로운 조사에 따르면 미국 국민은 정부의 운영 방식에 대해 큰 우려를 갖고 있으며, 정부가 오늘날의 가장 큰 문제를 해결할 수 있다고 신뢰할 수 있는지에 대해 우려하는 것으로 나타났습니다.
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Public Financing for Elections: Does it Really Matter?
In 2005, the Connecticut General Assembly, urged on by an intense grassroots advocacy effort, passed the first comprehensive public financing system for state elections in the nation. The kick off election cycle was 2008, and in that year and ever since, at least 74% of all candidates choose to participate in the system of public financing, called the Citizens’ Election Program. So, has public financing really made a difference? The answer is a resounding, YES! So why are state Democrats proposing to kill the program? That is...
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BREAKING: The Koch Brothers’ Secretive CIA style Intelligence Operations Revealed
In a story in Politico today, money in politics journalist Ken Vogel revealed the Koch brothers’ secretive surveillance and intelligence team that is gathering information on their opponents through technology and on the ground sources.
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Common Cause Ohio Calls for Reform of Congressional Redistricting Following Historic Win on Issue 1
It is time for the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission to encourage the state legislature to stop hyper-partisan, winner-take-all congressional map-making.
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Fox Business Shows People Want To Hear About Money in Politics, yet No Questions Are Asked (Again)
Last night’s Republican debate was the fifth presidential debate of the 2016 election season and the fifth debate that left out one of the most important issues voters face: the problem of big money in politics.
