Today, the US House Administration Committee voted the Fair Elections Now Act out of committee. San Antonio Representative Charlie Gonzalez cast a decisive vote in favor of the bill, putting a bill that would give optional public financing to all Congressional candidates for further than it has ever gone before. Tell Charlie Gonzalez how you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fair Elections Now Act’
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 [...]
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 [...]
UPDATE: The Church of Money, Rod Blagojevich and Bill Richardson
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Bill Richardson, Blagojevich, Campaign Finance, corruption, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, money, politics, public financing, Roland Burris, scandal on August 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
UPDATE: Bill Richardson was cleared of any wrongdoing in this fund raising scandal and we wanted to briefly comment on it and also resurrect this post, which to this day remains one of our most read blogs ever. As I commented in response to some of your reader’s comments below, the point was never to [...]
Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett supports Fair Elections Now!
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Fair Elections Now Act, Lloyd Doggett, public financing on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were ecstatic when we heard from Congressman Doggett’s office that he would be signing on as an original cosponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act, a bill which would create a public financing system for Congressional candidates. Public financing means that instead of spending hours a day raising money on the phone, our elected [...]
Houston’s Congressman Gene Green Another Swing on Climate Change Legislation
Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, Fair Elections Now Act, Gas, Gene Green, Global Warming, houston, houston chronicle, oil, refining, Waxman-Markey bill on May 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We’ve been putting a lot of effort into pressuring US Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to support a strong climate change bill, but according to an article in the Houston Chronicle this morning, Congressman Gene Green from Houston is another key swing vote on cap and trade: A 17-year veteran of Washington politics known for his low-key [...]
Wall Street’s crisis shows need for Fair Elections
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged AIG, bailout, Campaign Finance, Fair Elections Now Act, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, wall street on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Make no mistake about it, we face an economic crisis of enormous proportions. But the rush to bail out Wall Street firms with a “hair on fire” urgency rings so hollow when you consider how much the American people have already gone through. Millions of people have lost their homes to foreclosures. Many are being [...]
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