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The Right’s New Strategy on Climate: Criticizing Billionaires’ Spending
A few billionaires and environmental foundations are conspiring to spread propaganda against the use of fossil fuels.
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McCutcheon’s Supreme Cynicism
Chief Justice John Roberts has changed campaign finance law entirely, laying the groundwork for the complete annihilation of all efforts to limit money in politics.
Bill Moyers and Jim Hightower on the Rise of Populism
Bill Moyers and Jim Hightower discuss the champions of grassroots action fighting against the moneyed interests trying to buy and control government.
Historic Amendment Moves Forward: One Step Closer to Restoring Democracy, Reversing Rise of Oligarchy
The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today approved an amended S.J. Res. 19, a constitutional amendment that aims to overturn Citizens …
Unregulated, Outside Spending by Koch-Related Group Plagues Local Elections, Public Citizen Report Finds
Unregulated, undisclosed spending made possible by the US Supreme Courtu2019s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has left local communities defenseless against big money national organizations …
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Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Billionaire Summit
The Koch brothers held an annual, highly secretive mega-donor conference, called “American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society,” featured a who's who of Republican political elites.
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Cuomo Has Raised Millions Through Loophole He Pledged to Close
The governor has called for closing a gap in the stateu2019s campaign finance laws, but heu2019s taken far more through the loophole than his predecessors, much of it from …
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DC Is a Revolving Door of Money, Media, Power and Vanity: A Requiem for Democracy
“THIS TOWN” is a lacerating unmasking of DC in the Swiftian satirical tradition, except it's not just a lampoon; it's the truth.
Senate Debates Constitutional Amendment to Rein in Outside Cash
Though Democrats and Republicans are split down party lines on whether to add a constitutional amendment to limit campaign spending, both parties ignore 50 percent of Americans in favor …
Public Citizen and Common Cause Call on Candidates to Reject Outside Spending and Put Voters First
Public Citizen and Common Cause today sent letters urging congressional and gubernatorial candidates across the country to take a “Peopleu2019s Pledge” to reject outside spending by non-party groups in …