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Government Watchdog Supports New Bill to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock
Majority of Americans support a stock trading ban
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John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act ay Protektahan ang Kalayaan ng Bawat Amerikano na Bumoto
Inaasahan at karapat-dapat ng mga Amerikano ang libre at patas na halalan. Ang John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act ay magpoprotekta sa kalayaang bumoto ng bawat Amerikano sa panahon na ang mga karapatan sa pagboto ay muling inaatake sa maraming bahagi ng ating bansa. Ang batas, na muling ipinakilala ngayon sa Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan, ay aayusin ang karamihan sa mga pinsalang ginawa sa Batas sa Mga Karapatan sa Pagboto isang dekada na ang nakalipas ng Korte Suprema sa desisyon ng Shelby County v. Holder nito at mga kasunod na desisyon.
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Testimonya para sa House Hearing sa Banta ng Article V Constitutional Convention
Ngayong 2:00 pm ET, ang House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government ay magsasagawa ng pagdinig sa "Pagsusuri sa mga Iminungkahing Pag-amyenda sa Konstitusyon," kabilang ang pagrepaso sa Artikulo V ng Konstitusyon at mga iminungkahing pagbabago. Si Stephen Spaulding, Common Cause Vice President for Policy and External Affairs, ay magpapatotoo sa mga panganib na likas sa pagtawag ng isang Article V constitutional convention. Ang kanyang nakasulat na testimonya na isinumite bago ang pagdinig ay nakatuon sa mga panganib at hindi mahuhulaan ng pagtawag ng isang konstitusyonal...
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Serbisyong Pampublikong Balita: Ang ilang Komunidad ng Maryland ay nagpapababa ng Edad ng Pagboto hanggang 16
Sinabi ni Alyssa Canty, direktor ng mga programa ng kabataan para sa Common Cause, na ang mga kabataan ay madalas na nagsisimulang makita ang mga epekto ng patakarang sibiko.
"Kapag sila ay 16 o 17 taong gulang, nagsisimula sila sa kanilang unang part-time na trabaho," Canty pointed out. "So may income na sila, so they're purchasing things, so they are paying sales tax, but they have no say in what happens to those tax dollars."
Nakikita ni Canty ang late high school bilang isang magandang panahon para makipag-ugnayan sa mga kabataan.
"Kadalasan mga 16, 17 years old, yun junior, senior...
"Kapag sila ay 16 o 17 taong gulang, nagsisimula sila sa kanilang unang part-time na trabaho," Canty pointed out. "So may income na sila, so they're purchasing things, so they are paying sales tax, but they have no say in what happens to those tax dollars."
Nakikita ni Canty ang late high school bilang isang magandang panahon para makipag-ugnayan sa mga kabataan.
"Kadalasan mga 16, 17 years old, yun junior, senior...
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Associated Press: Itinulak ng Wisconsin Republicans ang planong muling pagdistrito upang ihinto ang masamang desisyon ng korte
Ang mas mataas na kinakailangan sa pagboto ay isang kritikal na bahagi ng anumang pagbabago sa muling distrito, sabi ni Jay Heck, direktor ng Common Cause Wisconsin.
Ang plano na binobotohan ng Assembly ay inihayag sa isang kumperensya ng balita noong Miyerkules ng hapon. Walang pampublikong pagdinig, at sinabi ng mga Demokratiko at tagapagtaguyod na hindi sila kinunsulta sa pagbalangkas ng panukalang batas.
"Hindi ito seryoso," sabi ni Heck. "Ito ay isang gawa ng desperasyon upang ihinto ang Korte Suprema mula sa muling pagguhit ng mga mapa. ... Hindi ito pumasa sa pagsubok ng amoy sa anumang antas.”
Ang plano na binobotohan ng Assembly ay inihayag sa isang kumperensya ng balita noong Miyerkules ng hapon. Walang pampublikong pagdinig, at sinabi ng mga Demokratiko at tagapagtaguyod na hindi sila kinunsulta sa pagbalangkas ng panukalang batas.
"Hindi ito seryoso," sabi ni Heck. "Ito ay isang gawa ng desperasyon upang ihinto ang Korte Suprema mula sa muling pagguhit ng mga mapa. ... Hindi ito pumasa sa pagsubok ng amoy sa anumang antas.”
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Daily Beast: House Dems Aim to Make ‘Overdue’ Reforms to the FEC
Stephen Spaulding, vice president of policy at watchdog Common Cause, sharply objected to those new policies.
“To require line attorneys to seek four votes from commissioners for developments in their investigations, such as wanting to speak to a new witness—the commission already has a central role in providing supervisory guidance, they don’t need to micromanage, stepping into this role is unnecessary and would further create gridlock,” Spaulding told The Daily Beast.
“Committee Republicans have had a lot of...
“To require line attorneys to seek four votes from commissioners for developments in their investigations, such as wanting to speak to a new witness—the commission already has a central role in providing supervisory guidance, they don’t need to micromanage, stepping into this role is unnecessary and would further create gridlock,” Spaulding told The Daily Beast.
“Committee Republicans have had a lot of...
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Mother Jones: Wisconsin Republicans Are Taking Desperate Steps to Subvert Fair Elections in 2024
“Going back to 2011, there is such a long laundry list of pretty amazing things that they’ve done,” says Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin. “And it’s almost like, what else could they do? And then they come up with something like this.”
If the legislature rejects the maps drawn by the Legislative Reference Bureau, nonpartisan staff who work for the legislature, on two occasions, Republicans will have the power to draw their own partisan maps, which Heck says is “absolutely” Vos’ goal. Vos...
If the legislature rejects the maps drawn by the Legislative Reference Bureau, nonpartisan staff who work for the legislature, on two occasions, Republicans will have the power to draw their own partisan maps, which Heck says is “absolutely” Vos’ goal. Vos...
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Associated Press: Santos misses extended deadline to file financial disclosure, blames fear of a ‘rushed job’
Stephen Spaulding, the vice president of policy at Common Cause, a watchdog group, described Santos’ reasoning as “nonsensical,” noting there was no reason that his federal tax obligations should prevent him from filing the necessary disclosure.
“He is thumbing his nose at transparency requirements, his constituents and the public,” Spaulding said. “All the more reason to strengthen these penalties.”
While it is not uncommon for representatives to file their disclosures late, few of them blow past...
“He is thumbing his nose at transparency requirements, his constituents and the public,” Spaulding said. “All the more reason to strengthen these penalties.”
While it is not uncommon for representatives to file their disclosures late, few of them blow past...
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Associated Press: GOP legislative leaders’ co-chair flap has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill
“The Ohio Redistricting Commission isn’t functional,” said Catherine Turcer, executive director of Common Cause Ohio, a good government group, adding that bodes poorly for the creation of fair maps.
“If you can’t hear one another, you’re going to have trouble hearing the community, and hearing the folks that come to testify,” she said.
“If you can’t hear one another, you’re going to have trouble hearing the community, and hearing the folks that come to testify,” she said.
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The Intercept: A TRUMP APPOINTEE IS TRYING TO GUT THE FEC’S ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CRIMES
The proposal, if approved, will result in the commissioners “micromanaging things” that have long been in the OGC’s purview, said Stephen Spaulding, vice president of policy and external affairs at Common Cause, who served as a special counsel to a former Democratic FEC commissioner from May 2016 to May 2017. “It will slow investigations down and ultimately leaves the law unenforced, if they’re tied up in having meetings about whether the nonpartisan attorneys in the Office of General Counsel can even bring in another witness.”
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Axios: Ohio redistricting fight resumes this week
What they're saying: Catherine Turcer, executive director of the government watchdog group Common Cause Ohio, says the reforms of 2015 and 2018 were not enough to keep partisan officials from being "drunk on power."
"What we've learned is it's not enough to have good rules in the Ohio Constitution," she tells Axios.
"We need independent mapmakers who aren't influenced by loyalty to party."
"What we've learned is it's not enough to have good rules in the Ohio Constitution," she tells Axios.
"We need independent mapmakers who aren't influenced by loyalty to party."
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Common Cause Promotes Dan Vicuña to Director of Redistricting and Representation
“For nearly a decade, Dan has been an integral part of our fight for fair maps that strengthen the voice of all Americans,” said Marilyn Carpinteyro, Common Cause interim co-president.
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Associated Press: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat
“It’s self-serving, selective outrage,” Jay Heck, director of Common Cause of Wisconsin, a nonpartisan government watchdog group, said of impeachment. “Where was their outrage and their demands for recusal when conservatives in the past have weighed in about their values?”
