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Author: Nick Lyell

Using Vouchers to Get the Grassroots Donating

Representative John Sarbanes (D-MD) put another potential reform law on the table for congressional campaign finance. Importantly, this is the first proposal to directly combat the huge influence of Super-PACs. Alongside the Fair Elections Now Act, the DISCLOSE Act, and a... read full article »

Why Money’s Influence Means Planetary Disaster

Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and climate science visionary, has a warning for us: Act now to save the planet. In a new piece in Rolling Stone, he explains the math behind climate change, and why we need to take... read full article »

Are You Paying for Those Annoying Super PAC Ads?

In 2010′s Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court said unlimited spending on elections by corporations was a constitutional right to free speech. Perversely, through public pensions, this ruling may lead to “compelled speech,” which is expressly forbidden by the First Amendment.... read full article »

U.S. Corporations, Politics Getting More Corrupt, Surprising Nobody

The United States is getting more corrupt. So says Transparency International, which ranks the country the 16th least-corrupt in the world in 2001. By last year, the United States fell back to 24th place. Why is corruption spreading? A recent New... read full article »

Hey Obama, Stop Crying Foul and Take a Real Stand Against Corporate Money in Politics

  President Obama raised $71 million dollars in the month of June — $35 million less than Mitt Romney’s  $106 million total raised in the same time-period.  Obama is using the disparity to rally his supporters, deriding Romney’s big-donor campaign... read full article »

Lawmakers Place Bets on Their Own Legislation

One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules, a Washington Post analysis... read full article »

All Obama Does Is Ask For Money…”What About My Needs?”

Stephen Colbert has long been a champion of campaign finance issues, but now his compatriot at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, is joining in the fun with two recent segments highlighting the serious corruption our current system causes. Samantha Bee tries to... read full article »

‘Let’s Face It, Politics in this Country Is Coin-Operated’

Ted Waitt, the California billionaire who co-founded Gateway, has started a new Super-PAC called icPurple. His goal, unlike other more infamous super PAC sugar daddies, is to get independent, centrist candidates into office.” In Mother Jones, Waitt broadcasts his frustrations... read full article »

Politicians to You: Text Me, Maybe?

Campaign rallies this year may have a surprising new element: a call for all to whip out their phones and send a text message contribution to their candidate of choice. Like charitable giving through text messages in the wake of the... read full article »

Underpaid and Inexperienced Staffers Increase Lobbyist Power

In a political system where presidential candidates, congressmen and women, and even judges are forced to spend more time than ever fundraising instead of listening to their constituents and governing, those who control the flow of money to candidates gain incredible... read full article »

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