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FEC approves Colbert SuperPAC – hilarity AND sadness to ensue?

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, citizens united, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Craig Holman, FEC, federal election commission, Karl Rove, Public Citizen, sarah palin, Stephen Colbert, SuperPACS on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Stephen Colbert and the FEC squared off today in Washington over the fake news anchor’s SuperPAC request. Colbert testified today in an FEC hearing in which he sought a media exemption so he can form his own Super political action committee. The Comedy Central host has been making fun of campaign finance laws for months [...]

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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 [...]

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Watch the “Story of Citizens United” video: Help rescue democracy

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Annie Leonard, citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, democracy, The Story of Stuff on March 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Corporations aren’t people and elections shouldn’t be for sale. If you agree, you’ll love “The Story of Citizens United v. FEC,” a new 8-minute animated short by Annie Leonard, of The Story of Stuff fame. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, we have overwhelming evidence of the damage done to our democracy. [...]

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Election spending by outside groups is concentrated and hidden, new Public Citizen analysis shows

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Democratic Party (United States), federal election commission, Public Citizen, republicans, Supreme Court of the United States, United States on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Cross-posted from our mother blog at CitizenVox. We don’t normally cross-post much because we’d prefer you to read their blog just as much as ours, but if you’re not, please add them to your rss feed now! Of the $176.1 million spent by outside groups using large, often undisclosed contributions to influence the current elections, [...]

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Voters steamed at Supreme Court over Citizens United

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged citizens united, don't get rolled, Fair Elections Now Act, supreme court on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Where are the torches and pitchforks when we need them? (Or the tar and feathers?) According to a new poll released today, voters by a margin of 2 to 1 disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v FEC. Other big results? Asked if special interests have too much influence, 74 percent of [...]

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Joe Barton Fact Check on Citizens United

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged citizens united, Fair Elections Now Act, Joe Barton, NPR, u.s. supreme court on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This morning on NPR, Congressman Joe Barton (R-Arlington/Ennis) made some statements on how the massive influx of corporate money because of the Citizens United decision might not be so bad after all. The entire story is worth a listen, and can be found by going here to NPR’s website. Here’s what he said, and let’s [...]

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Austin Rally Against Corporate Influence in Politics & US Supreme Court “Citizens United” Case

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged austin texas, Campaign Finance, citizens united, climate change, don't get rolled, Fair Elections, federal election commission, health care, Public Citizen, us supreme court on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Austin Rally to Protest the Possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court Will Allow Corporations to Unleash Flood of Money Into Elections Court Is Considering Sweeping Away a Century’s Worth of Campaign Finance Principles WHAT: Rally to raise awareness about the U.S. Supreme Court re-hearing Wednesday of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The court has [...]

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Public Citizen Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Campaign Finance Reform Law

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged austin v michigan chamber of commerce, bcra, bipartisan campaign reform act, Campaign Finance, citizens united, Elections, george washington university law school, hillary: the movie, litigation, mcconnell v FEC, political action committees, publi ctizen, randy moss, roger witten, scott nelson, seth waxman, supreme court, wilmer culter pickering & dorr llp on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Overturning Campaign Finance Restrictions Would Allow Corporations to Dominate Elections WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen joined a team of other attorneys in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging the court to adhere to its precedents and reaffirm the longstanding principle that corporations may not engage in unfettered campaign spending. The [...]

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