Protect Our Elections
January 21, 2011- Today marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election…
The 2010 midterm elections had a record-setting $4 billion price tag January 7, 2011- Even with its byzantine rules and dry legal terminology, campaign finance was a hot topic from…
Hedge fund moguls donated $10 million, gained key House allies to head off financial reforms January 5, 2011: A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million…
December 31, 2010: It's difficult to look beyond the tumult of current events and ask, "what happened this year that will be remembered ten, twenty, or fifty years from now?"…
December 29, 2010: Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.), who is leaving Capitol Hill after being defeated by Republican challenger Nan Hayworth, recently warned that with the massive changes to campaign finance…
December 15, 2010- Despite being tasked with monitoring an election cycle in which $4 billion was spent, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) obtained penalties in only 34 cases, 86 percent…
Decmeber 19, 2010- Former Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor recently appeared to come to a similar conclusion about the majority decision reached by their former…
December 18, 2010- Almost 40 years ago, a Virginia lawyer named Lewis F. Powell Jr. warned that the nation’s free enterprise system was under attack. He urged the U.S. Chamber…
December 10, 2010- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio today released a comprehensive report analyzing the broad impact of U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in the 2010 election cycle. The…
December 13, 2010- Mayor Bloomberg today released a report showing that nonpartisan reforms to the redistricting process can increase the competitiveness of legislative elections at the state and federal level.…
Most went for a war on the airwaves, consultants say, making TV stations big winners. November 27, 2010- Anti-incumbent anger and "tea party" conservatives may have set the tone for…
Former U.S. House majority leader faces up to life in prison November 24, 2010- Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared…
November 23, 2010: By a double-digit margin, voters want Congress to amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United that allows unlimited corporate spending on elections,…
November 20, 2010- Freshman Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) blamed an influx of corporate and union money thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling for his loss to former Republican…