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Citizens United Rumblings: Democrats Plot To Offset Supreme Court Ruling
Democrats in the House and Senate are preparing a raft of legislation to blunt the impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which would allow corporations to use their treasuries to...
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Lessig’s Maximalist Post-Citizens United Strategy Finds Broad Support In Polls
Lawrence Lessig, who thinks the recent Citizens United decision presents an opportunity to really fix the consuming problem of money in politics, has responded to critics who think that his...
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White House Warming To Compromise CFPA
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency was given the shorthand of the “public option” of financial reform. While many thought the difference was that the Obama Administration actually expressed a...
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DISCLOSE Act Senate Vote on Motion to Proceed Set for Tuesday
One thing I missed while at Netroots Nation is the fact that the DISCLOSE Act will get a vote on a motion to proceed tomorrow in the Senate, in all likelihood, with a newer version from Chuck Schumer...
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Dept. of Errata: Wisconsin 2/3 Requirement Edition
I’m on the Badger Bus headed in toward Madison, but I wanted to update a story from yesterday. Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that would force a 2/3 requirement for any increases to income, sales or...
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On Citizens United Anniversary, Constitutional Amendment Movement Grows
Today is the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. If you think it’s going well, ask your local Presidential candidate how he likes those SuperPAC ads. Several actions...
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In Reversal, Obama Campaign Endorses Super PAC Efforts on His Behalf
The Obama campaign will signal to donors that they endorse funding of SuperPACs, which some see as a backslide on campaign finance principles but which senior campaign officials characterized as “a...
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Citizens United Ruling Destined to Remain for Some Time
In a way, the idea that the Supreme Court would overturn their landmark ruling in the Citizens United case, in just two years’ time, with the same personnel on the Court based on a state Supreme Court...
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