This morning the National Journal takes a look at corporate political campaign disclosure. In the piece titled “Transparency v. Free Speech,” which takes a look at campaign disclosure from two points of view: one…
New Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel instituted six executive orders on his first day in office. The executive orders focused on ethics reform and donations to mayoral election campaigns. Per Lynn Sweet’s blog at the Chicago Sun-Times, the executive orders:-…
President Obama’s proposed executive order on federal contractor campaign disclosure has gotten some national press this past week. Midwest Democracy Network members came out in support of the executive order last week, but the order now has some media…
Network partner Illinois Campaign for Political Reform released a report today entitled “Piece by Piece, Check by Check,” which takes a look at campaign contributions in Illinois during the beginning of 2011, specifically at a loophole in new…
Network groups have signed on to a letter organized by Campaign Legal Center in support of President Obama’s proposed executive order requiring government contractors to disclose their political donations. Read the full text of the letter below:May 4, 2011The Hon.…
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