Common Cause in Wisconsin is asking state legislators to approve a bill requiring third party groups running campaign ads to disclose the origins…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
In the aftermath of the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court’s bitterly divided 5 to 4 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision this past January, Common Cause in Wisconsin has pushing for meaningful disclosure of…
The 2010 judicial elections, “awash in cash and blaring attack ads,” argue for ending the election of judges to the bench, a New York Times editorial declared.The editorial, entitled “A Blow to the Courts,” cited Election Day outcomes…
Senator Russ Feingold, a liberal with a fierce streak of independence who crusaded against the influence of money in politics, was toppled Tuesday in a campaign awash in the kind of unregulated cash he had…
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MADISON—Speaking at the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s annual member meeting, Executive Director Mike McCabe expressed cautious optimism for the passage of two pieces of campaign finance reform legislation.The Impartial Justice bill, SB 40 and AB 65, would…
OpenSecrets.org is now providing full and free downloads for non-commercial purposes from the Center for Responsive Politics’ (CRP) website.“Putting our data into more hands will put more eyes on Washington and, we hope, engage more Americans in their government,”…
CHICAGO — In a letter sent to President Obama today, Midwest Democracy Network partner organizations called on President Obama to “use the full powers of the White House” to make much-needed public financing reforms of congressional and presidential elections a…
WASHINGTON, DC—Wisconsin has taken a major step toward protecting the fairness and impartiality of its Supreme Court with today’s passage of a judicial public funding measure by the state Senate, according to the Washington, DC-based Justice at Stake Campaign. The…
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