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Corruption Watchdog United Republic Calls on Romney and Obama to Immediately Release Reform Agendas
WASHINGTON – Late last night, the Obama campaign announced that it would support the work of Priorities USA, a super PAC supporting Obama’s candidacy. Super PACs are “non-campaign” organizations that... Read full article »Anti-Corruption Blog Launches Today
WASHINGTON – Today, the watchdog group United Republic announced the launch of Republic Report, a multimedia muckraking blog dedicated to exposing the corrupting influence of money in politics. Written by... Read full article »Super PAC Disclosures Are Too Little, Too Late
WASHINGTON – Today the watchdog group United Republic issued the following statement about just-released super PAC funding reports. Super PACs, organizations that can raise and spend unlimited amounts to influence... Read full article »Gingrich, Romney To Be Feted Today By Corporate Lobbyists, Super PACs
WASHINGTON — Today, both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are scheduled to speak to the Hispanic Leadership Network in Miami. HLN is funded by a number of corporate interests, and... Read full article »Adelson Family to Donate Another $5 Million to Gingrich Super PAC
WASHINGTON – Last night, The Las Vegas Sun reported that Dr. Miriam Adelson, wife of billionaire Sheldon Adelson, will donate $5 million to a “super PAC” supporting Newt Gingrich. Combined,... Read full article »Recent Op-Eds
To Repair Democracy, We Must Learn to Cooperate With Our Enemy’s Enemy
As the country endures yet another ‘most expensive election ever’, we would do well to remember that no matter what political ideology any candidate claims, nearly all who enter office... Read full article »The FEC: A Declawed and Toothless Watchdog of Campaign Finance
Transparency in campaign finance is only as achievable as agency that enforces it. The entity that keeps a watchful eye on money in politics is the Federal Election Commission (FEC).... Read full article »Taming America’s ‘Problem Child’
Most everyone agrees Washington is over-run with lobbyists and completely disconnected from the rest of the nation. So then why continue to allow our government to operate from there full-time?... Read full article »An Easy Way to Fix Democracy?
The FEC (Federal Election Commission) is currently a corpse – lifeless, ineffective, and useless. Elections financed by a tiny sliver of the population threaten the health of our democracy. The... Read full article »Fixing the Lie-More Economy
The Libor-Barclay’s scandal has made us increasingly aware of the collusion between politics and finance. The fix already lies in on our LIE MORE economy, where corporate raiders can easily... Read full article »Literally Highway Robbery: What Are You Going to Do About It?
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