The explosive flood of special interest money into our political system has lead to a growing mistrust of government. Reforms in our campaign finance system aim to diminish the power of money in politics and government by promoting honesty, accountability and transparency.
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have begun the push for improved campaign disclosure, which they discussed in a late-December op-ed in the Washington Post.The Senators plan on taking to the federal level what their home states…
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) of the second Congressional District submitted his letter of resignation to Speaker of the House John Boehner before the Thanksgiving weekend. Voters in the district re-elected Jackson just two weeks before his resignation.…
A new poll released by the Corporate Reform Coalition shows that over 80 percent of Americans feel that secret campaign spending is bad for democracy, and nearly 90 percent believe that there is too much corporate money in politics.…
A new report from Brennan Center and Democracy 21 looks at the viability of a small donor matching campaign finance model in federal elections. The study, Empowering Small Donors in Federal Elections, bases a…
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