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Lawmakers Unite with Activist Groups to Press for Constitutional Amendment on Citizens United

On Wednesday, a group of members of Congress, local and state lawmakers, and activist groups met in a Capitol Visitor Center hearing room to do something unusual for its loftiness: they announced and signed a "declaration for democracy," pledging their... read full article »

62 Percent of Fund Raised by Rove’s Groups Come From Mystery Donors

Super PACs, the non-campaign organizations that can raise and spend unlimited amounts, are supposed to disclose all their donors. But by partnering with 501(c)(4) organizations, nonprofit "social welfare" groups that can't spend all their time on electioneering, super PACs can... read full article »

Tell Corporations That It’s Time to Quit ALEC

We’ve been closely following the controversy surrounding corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has lost at least 10 major supporters in the past week thanks to its involvement in pushing Stand Your Ground laws in statehouses... read full article »

Ridiculous Super PAC Ad of the Moment

I’d be all about super PACs if all of their ads were this ridiculously entertaining: Breitbart.com writes: A health insurance broker, Glenn Morton, has founded a super PAC called “Occupy Obamacare” and begun producing videos that using horror-movie imagery to... read full article »

10 and Counting — Corporations Flee ALEC and Its Harmful Agenda

As of today, ten major corporations and organizations have publicly quit the American Legislative Exchange Council, the low-profile corporate front group better known as ALEC. ALEC is responsible for pushing harmful laws like Stand Your Ground and disenfranchising voter ID... read full article »

Why Is it Such a Pain to Do Your Taxes?

As you scrambled to finish up your taxes this year, did it ever cross your mind why it's so mind-boggling complicated for everyone in the country to pay the government for the services it provides?... read full article »

Selling Access to the Most Famous House in the Country

Over the weekend, the website Buzzfeed obtained a fundraising email detailing how Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican candidate for president, plans to offer top donors special access to a "Presidential Inaugural retreat," assuming he's elected in November. ... read full article »

Vermont Senate Passes Resolution to Overturn Citizens United

Good news from our friends in the north: the Vermont Senate has approved a resolution which would amend the U.S. Constitution and reverse the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision. That decision helped pave the way for Big Money to... read full article »

Coalition Works to Free New York Elections from Big Money Influence

People across the country are angry about the flood of money into politics made possible by the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and other recent court rulings. This is true in New York, where a broad and influential group of... read full article »

Sayonara ALEC

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a low-profile corporate front group that aims to write and pass business-friendly laws in states across the country. Its most infamous piece of model legislation, Stand Your Ground, the self-defense law that's keeping... read full article »

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