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Passage of Clean Elections bill means Connecticut citizens could get more responsive elected officials

Supreme Court declines challenge to Connecticut Citizens’ Election Program

Common Cause Hails Rejection of Democratic Governors Challenge to Connecticut’s Campaign Finance Laws

Common Cause and other campaign finance reform advocates have won an important victory in Connecticut, where a federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Democratic Party group's attempt to sidestep a tough state law on political spending

Reformers Urge Democratic Governors to Withdraw Challenge to Connecticut’s Campaign Finance Law

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, head of the DGA, the organizations asserted that a lawsuit filed by the DGA last week puts the governors in league with efforts “by the conservative majority on the Supreme Court to eviscerate campaign finance laws

Associated Press: Murphy shares campaign riches with Connecticut Democrats

It is not uncommon for well-known U.S. senators to build large fundraising bases and transfer some of the money to help their party locally, according to Stephen Spaulding, chief of strategy at the election watchdog group Common Cause in Washington, D.C. "That's a big part of fundraising," he said. "It is to build up power and influence, both within their own elected bodies ... but also within their home states."

Complaint against Donald Trump Jr. & Trump Campaign re: Kremlin-connected Russian Lawyer

Common Cause filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC), alleging that Donald Trump Jr., in his role with the Trump campaign, illegally solicited a political contribution from a foreign national — in the form of opposition research information he believed would be damaging to the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Affordable Connectivity Program

Connecting the Challenges to Our Democracy

Bad Connection

The proposed merger should be "dead on arrival" at the FCC, says former Commissioner Michael Copps.

Connecting the Dots

The president and his allies are running what looks like a cover-up

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