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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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Evenwel, Equal Representation Depends on Justice Kennedy
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last Tuesday in Evenwel v. Abbott, a case that has huge implications for who has a voice in our democracy.
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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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Сделка сенатора Макконнелла, позволяющая сверхбогатым людям покупать политиков
В День благодарения издание Politico сообщило, что сенатор Макконнелл планирует включить в обязательный к принятию законопроект о государственном финансировании положение, которое значительно увеличит сумму, которую политические партии могут потратить на кандидатов. Это положение, разработанное в тайне и без каких-либо слушаний, отменит ограничения на сумму политических средств, которые партии могут потратить по согласованию с кандидатами.
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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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Новое исследование показывает двухпартийную поддержку денег в политических решениях
Новый опрос, проведенный исследовательским центром Pew Research Center, показывает, что американцы серьезно обеспокоены тем, как работает наше правительство, и могут ли они доверять правительству в решении крупнейших проблем современности.
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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.
