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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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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asian american action fund, bay area houston, democracy, elections code, EPA, eye on williamson, footbal, Global Warming, governor perry, heat related death, kinky, mcblogger, mean rachel, off the kuff, south texas, steve ogden, supreme court, texas liberal, texas progress, truthhugger on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With the start of the new football season, the Texas Progressive Alliance invites you to read this week’s roundup of blog highlights in the voice of John Facenda. Last week, Texas got some much needed help from the Feds when the EPA slapped down Governor Perry’s global warming denier pick for our state’s top environmental [...]

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Don’t Get Rolled Rally: Austin Update

Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, Austin, clean elections texas, common cause, daily texan, don't get rolled, federal election commission, mccain feingold, Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, supreme court, Texas on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Earlier this week, Public Citizen hosted a rally at the state capitol to raise awareness about the U.S. Supreme Court re-hearing Wednesday of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Representatives from Common Cause and Clean Elections Texas joined us, despite the rain and ominous weather. Many thanks to our good government brethren for their support. [...]

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The battle begins in the Supreme Court today

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Campaign Finance, Congress, corporate money, corporate responsibility, don't get rolled, politics, publicly financed elections, rabble-rousing, supreme court on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

At 10 a.m. EDT today, a grave test for our democracy began. Whether you’re taking to the streets or hanging our printed poster in your window, help us show the media, the Supreme Court and Congress that citizens across the U.S. won’t stand for more corporate influence in politics. Send your photos, videos, blog posts [...]

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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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EPA’s Declaration that Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endanger Public is Long Overdue

Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, cap and trade, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, citizen andy, clean air act, climate change, co2, coal plant, Congress, drought, endangerment finding, EPA, Gene Green, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, house energy and commerce, Joe Barton, Lisa Jackson, lowered crop yields, Markey, mass v epa, michael burgess, president obama, Public Citizen, supreme court, Texas, Waxman on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

NEWSFLASH! Carbon Dioxide emissions may represent a threat to public health or welfare. Shocking, I know. But what is old news to the rest of us, released in the form of a proposed endangerment finding by the EPA, is actually a really big deal. Environmentalists and concerned citizens alike have been waiting years for this [...]

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