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2010-03-11
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Investors should have a voice in how the corporations in which they hold shares spend money in politics. | |
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2010-02-11
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Today Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Chris Van Hollen introduced a series of strong reforms in response to the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United ruling. | |
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2010-01-21
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Today's Supreme Court decision in Citizen's United vs. Federal Election Commission will significantly expand the role that the most powerful corporations play in election financing. | |
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2007-12-20
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The proposal released today by the Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement represents a meaningful step toward fixing the broken and discredited House ethics process. | |
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2007-12-05
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The 2008 presidential race will soon provide a billion reasons to pass the Presidential Funding Act of 2007. Candidates in both parties are rewriting the record books on the amount of money they will raise and spend to win the White House and are now expected to exceed $1 billion. They are doing so largely by turning to big time donors and bundlers who cultivate networks of special interests and other wealthy individuals to raise campaign cash. | |
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2007-02-13
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The new Congress deserves credit for quickly and strongly responding to the scandals of last year by passing sweeping changes to the rules that will reduce the special access of wealthy and powerful interests in Washington. It was a critical first step. | |
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2007-02-13
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The House of Representatives voted tonight to establish an independent Office of Congressional Ethics. | |
