Texas State Senator Mike Jackson added an amendment to the ethics bill (HB 1616) only 48 hours before the regular session ended and seems to be regretting that decision. Now he wants Gov. Rick Perry to veto his own legislation. The amendment was written so that candidates would have been able to expunge from their [...]
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State Senator Attempts to Get Rid of His Own Amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, Rick Perry, Sen. Mike Jackson on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Money and Politics Going Hand in Hand
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Harold Simmons, public citizen texas, robert reich, Stephen Colbert, texans for public justice, Texas Legislature on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent NPR show, former Labor Secretary and political commentator Robert Reich addressed the potential executive order by President Obama to require government contractors to disclose their political spending. Reich wants to take the executive order a step farther by eliminating all political contributions from government contractors. Reich explains that contractors such as Lockheed [...]
Delay’s trials and tribulations move forward
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged campaign contributions, democratic party, money laundering, republican, Texas, Tom Delay, Travis County Texas, trial on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A jury for Tom DeLay‘s money laundering trial was selected quickly last week, but only after the prosecution challenged whether the defense was striking African American jurors without good cause. The defense cut five African Americans from the jury because, in several instances, he said the would-be jurors appeared angry at him after he had [...]
Radioactive waste dump owner forks over another quarter million dollars to Perry
Posted in Nuclear, tagged campaign contributions, influence pedaling, nuclear waste, perry, radioactive waste, Simmons, WCS on October 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rick Perry’s latest campaign cash report shows Harold Simmons has just given Perry another $250,000 at the same time that he’s seeking permission to expand his Andrews County radioactive waste dump so 36 other states can dump their “low-level” radioactive waste right here in Texas. This brings Simmons’ contributions to Perry up to almost $900,000. Simmons’ [...]
Power to the People: The Fair Elections Now Act
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Arlen Spector, big money, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, charlie gonzalez, clean elections texas, Dick Durbin, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, FENA, Gene Green, John Larson, Lloyd Doggett, money, Shiela Jackson Lee, Silvestre Reyes, Solomon Ortiz, Walter Jones on December 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As early as the time of Socrates, people have identified money as a corruptive influence in politics, specifically in democracies. Elections now cost double and triple what they used to, which means more and more of our Senators’ and Representatives’ time is spent dialing for dollars. The average member of the House of Representatives will [...]
Tom Craddick Laundered Money through Jobs PAC to House Dems, Texans for Public Justice files in complaint
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged campaign, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, clean elections texas, Fair Elections Now Act, public financing, texans for public justice on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Craddick, the former Speaker of the Texas House and currently a Republican incumbent Texas House Member, has given money to his favorite incumbent Democratic Representatives. So, what’s the problem? Craddick laundered the money through a PAC instead of a direct contribution. In response, Texans for Public Justice, a political advocacy group, has filed a [...]
The Influence of Energy Industry Contributions
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, campaign contributions, Clean Energy, Contributions, Energy, Energy and comm, house energy and commerce committee, house of representatives, jim matheson, oil, renewable energy, waxman-markey, Ways an, ways and means committee on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week we saw the Waxman Markey bill go to the Energy and Commerce committee. Watching the markup process increased my interest in the role special interest money plays in the political process. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is responsible for oversight in legislation concerning: telecommunications, energy, international commerce, public health, consumer protection [...]
Common Cause on Special Interest Influence in Waxman/Markey Negotiations
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bod edgar, campaign contributions, center for public integrity, climate change, common cause, duke energy, energy industry, house committee on energy and commerice, southern company, special interests on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the following statement from Common Cause railing on the energy industry for exerting undue influence over the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. I can’t say I’m surprised to hear that energy interests gave an average$107,230 in campaign contributions to Energy and Commerce committee members, nearly twice as much than any other member [...]
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