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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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Your Guide To The Net Neutrality Fight’s Final Weeks
All eyes are on the FCC this week as they gear up to release their proposed Open Internet rules, which they'll vote on at their February 26th meeting. Here's a preview of what's to come, and a few potential pitfalls:
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Virginia Senate Passes Redistricting Reform Bills
This week the Virginia Senate passed three bills aimed at reforming Virginia’s partisan and divisive process for redrawing legislative districts following each census.
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Common Cause Fights for Redistricting Reform in U.S. Supreme Court
Common Cause and Common Cause Illinois signed amicus briefs in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, a U.S. Supreme Court case that threatens citizen efforts to end the undemocratic practice of congressional gerrymandering.
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Aerospace Giant Northrop Grumman Flies ALEC’s coop
One of the nation's largest defense contractors has joined the exodus from the American Legislative Exchange Council
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BREAKING: Kochs Plan to Spend $1 Billion in 2016
New reports suggest the Koch are planning on investing over a billion dollars in 2016.
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I Didn’t Get Elected to Be a Fundraiser
Then-Representative (and now Senator) Chris Murphy (D-Conn) penned an op-ed with this title in 2008 lamenting the vast amounts of time Members of Congress have to spend fundraising. If he thought things were bad then, he had no idea how awful the permanent money chase would be now. The Citizens United decision in 2010 opened the door for corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections, and the SpeechNow decision shortly after paved the way for super PACs, both creating the need for Members of Congress to do more fundraising.
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The Fundraising Free February Pledge
I, ____________, solemnly pledge to devote each session day of the month of February 2015 to the official duties of my office as a member of the United States House of Representatives, without the distraction of electoral fundraising or other political campaign-related activities.
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6 problems with the cable lobby’s “net neutrality” bill
Last week, Senator John Thune and allies proposed new telecommunications rules known as Title X. But taking a closer look, this bill falls far short of what we need to protect the Open Internet.
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Millions Have Already Voted Against Citizens United
In the five years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision allowed unlimited amounts of money to pour into our political system, more than 5.4 million Americans have voted to support a constitutional amendment to eliminate corporate personhood and to restore constitutional rights and fair elections to the people.
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Speaker’s Arrest Should Be Catalyst for Sweeping Ethics Reforms
In a shocking, but not unexpected development, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested today and indicted in federal court on bribery and corruption charges. The Speaker Silver’s arrest further reveals the crucial role the Moreland Commission played in bringing corruption in New York State government to light, a role which Common Cause/NY helped to encourage through our Moreland Monday series of reports .
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대통령의 놓친 기회
대통령은 세법 재조정, 대학 비용 절감, 최저 임금 인상, 국가 인프라 재건, 온라인 정보 보호 등에 대한 구체적인 계획이 담긴 70분 분량의 연방 정부 연두교서 연설을 한 지 몇 시간 후인 수요일에 민주주의를 고치는 것에 대한 6개의 무해한 문장만 말할 뿐 구체적인 계획은 없었습니다.
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Top Federal Contractors Spent $30.6 Million on the 2014 Election (That We Know About)
A new Common Cause analysis shows that the top 25 federal government contractors contributed more than $30.6 million to influence the 2014 congressional elections.
