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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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CA Secretary of State candidates agree, #CongressMustAct
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Getting Around Contribution Limits in California
The Sacramento Bee is reporting on the depressing, yet openly honest admission from a state Assembly Member who opened a new candidate campaign committee just to get around the contribution limits and raise money for other candidates. No joke!
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CA Campaign Finance Data Set Free
Today, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced her plans to make the raw data behind California's lobbyists and campaign finance database available, online, on one spreadsheet available to the public and updated daily. Secretary Bowen's announcement is a reversal from a position she has long held since Common Cause began asking for this disclosure in 2011.
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More Hidden Money is Being Revealed in California
Now, more has come out on the true source of the money, Virginia-based Americans for Jobs Security (AJS). According to California state campaign filings, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) California donated a total of $400,000 to AJS in the months leading up to the election. While California's disclosure laws were strong enough to eventually reveal that the California-based organization was behind the money, the revelation came months after the election.
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Brown vetoes disclosure, voters still record win
The home of Silicon Valley is one step closer to replacing our 14-year old antiquated campaign finance disclosure system under a bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown and cosponsored by California Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of California. In 2011, the Secretary of State's Cal-Access system "‘ containing all state campaign finance and lobbying information "‘ crashed for six weeks. Since the system's failure, campaign finance reform advocates and public officials have taken steps to replace the 14-year old system.
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BREAKING: Media Monopolists Want More Monopoly
This just in: Comcast wants to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion. The deal would transform a media behemoth into a 40 million subscriber goliath
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Blind justice or foul ball?
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Bipartisan Vote by General Assembly Calls on Congress to Overturn Citizens United
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Big Spending in Boulder
Donors are lining up on both sides of Ballot Initiative 310 here in Boulder
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Big Money Scandal Roiling DC Mayor's Race
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Speaker Ralston’s Bad Toupee Bill
"More of a sun visor than a cap," is how Georgia House Speaker David Ralston described the Senate';s Rule limiting gifts from lobbyists to $100. He is so critical because of the exceptions the rule allows. He pledged to write … Ipagpatuloy ang pagbabasa →
