Monthly Archives: November 2011
United Republic in the News
In an article published yesterday in Roll Call, a newspaper targeting Capitol Hill, United Republic was profiled along with several other new groups working to curb the influence of special interest money in Washington.... read full article »
Companies Benefiting from Maryland State Contracts Donate to Group Headed by Maryland Governor
On the heels of a report published in the Baltimore Sun about record fundraising at a group headed by Maryland’s Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley, the paper’s editorial board points out the obvious conflicts of interest.... read full article »
Ad Age: Your Field Guide to the Super PACs
Advertising Age, an industry publication, takes a look at some of the Super PACs expected to make the biggest impact on the 2012 elections: Born from last year’s Supreme Court decision that corporations could spend money directly on elections, the... read full article »
Illinois Debates Public Financing of Elections
The Bloomington (Illinois) Pantagraph reports that a state panel tasked with cleaning up the state’s infamously corrupt system is considering public financing of Illinois elections, which would reduce the influence of corporate and private money.... read full article »
Republican Presidential Candidate: Washington is Corrupt
Republican presidential candidate and self-described conservative Buddy Roemer appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning to rail against what he calls a broken campaign financing system.... read full article »
Oil Companies Loving the Loopholes
If you have a tax break and you’d like to keep it, borrow a page from the oil industry’s playbook: hire tons of lobbyists and it won’t get touched.... read full article »
Lobbyists Give $17.1 Million to Only 76 Recipients
According to a study released by the Sunlight Foundation, $17.1 million has been bundled by lobbyists since 2009 and given to 76 recipients in Congress.... read full article »
Robert Reich: Occupy Democracy
In a web video, Robert Reich, the political economist and former Secretary of Labor, defends the Occupy movement for exercising their first amendment rights in the face of police crackdowns.... read full article »
Stat of the Day: Tons of Secret Money
Karl Rove plans to raise $300 million to influence the 2012 election. Bill Burton, his Democratic counterpart, plans to raise $100 million. Neither have to report where they get their funding.... read full article »
Stat of the Day: The Cost of Being President
President Obama and his Republican opponent are expected to raise $750 million each in the 2012 election.... read full article »
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