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Apr18
Clips Round-up for 4/18/13
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
TPM: Did Scalia tip his hand in major voting rights case?Apr17Clips Round-up for 4//17/13
Big news at the SEC yesterday: "The number of public comments submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a rulemaking petition to require corporations to disclose political spending to shareholders has now topped 500,000, according to the Corporate Reform Coalition."
Apr16Financial Industry Showers New Financial Services Committee Chair With Cash
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) raised $615,000 in his first three months as House Financial Services Committee Chairman, with nearly one-third of that cash coming from political action committees (PACs) of the industries his committee oversees, according to Public Campaign analysis of reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Apr16Clips Round-up for 4/16/13
The West Virginia legislature has passed legislation to make permanent the state's judicial public financing program. Big congrats to the folks at WV Citizens for Clean Elections who helped make it happen. Fun historical note: the original pilot program was pushed by then-Gov. Joe Manchin.
Apr15Victory: West Virginia Legislature Makes Judicial Public Financing Program Permanent
The West Virginia Senate passed legislation on Saturday to make permanent the state’s public financing program for seats on the state’s highest court. The bill passed the House last month.
Apr15Clips Round-up for 4/15/13
Happy FEC First Quarter Filing Day everyone! Read ProPublica's story from last month on TurboTax maker Intuit using the influence game to make it harder for you to file.
Apr12Clips Round-up for 4/12/13
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
WSJ: New effort to reduce NY money in politicsApr11Who Will Grill Gina McCarthy Today?
As EPA nominee Gina McCarthy prepares to take the floor for her hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today, many media outlets have been reporting that she is likely to face heavy criticism from opponents of the EPA, using the hearing on her nomination as what a representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council called “an unfortunate proxy for criticism of EPA by the agency's most virulent critics.”
Apr11Clips Round-up for 4/11/13
Great op-ed from Jonathan Soros in the Albany Times-Union today on the need for a comprehensive campaign reform package in NY that includes public financing: "No single change can eliminate corruption in Albany. There will always be those brazen or craven enough to break whatever laws exist.
Apr10VIDEO: Fair Elections Rally in NYC
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart was in New York City last week for a Rally for Fair Elections attended by hundreds of activists from around the city. Watch the video below of Nick's conversations with several speakers at the event: