The Hill: Outgoing Democrat blames Citizens United ruling for loss
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…
Mother Jones: Outside Spending: The Final Tally
November 8, 2010: By the time voters went to the polls last week, outside groups had spent more than $454 million to influence campaigns. But there's little evidence that all…
RAW Story: Newly elected GOP senator may back DISCLOSE Act
Nov. 8, 2010- Republican Senator-elect Mark Kirk may help push through a campaign-finance transparency bill opposed by Republican leaders during the lame-duck session. Kirk defeated Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias for…
NY Daily News: Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch is distorting the American political process
November 8, 2010: Last week, big lies and big money spoke so loudly and with such influence that our political system was dramatically changed for the time being. Four billion…
AllGov News: 40% of Outside Campaign Money was Made Possible by Supreme Court Ruling
Perhaps no other U.S. Supreme Court decision has had as much impact on an election in modern times as the Citizens United ruling did this year. The court case, which…
Mother Jones: Following the Outside Money
November 2, 2010: In elections past, a good indicator of whether a candidate would win was to look at how much money they had raised: the more money, the better…
NYT Blog: Who Got the Most Bang for Their Bucks?
By Micheal Luo AND Griff Palmer- November 4, 2010- After all the talk about the impact of independent groups on this year’s midterm elections, the debate over at least one…
Think Progress: Chamber’s Money Well Spent: 63 Percent of Races Won; 20 Incumbent Democrats Defeated
By Tony Carrk- For months, Think Progress has been chronicling the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce’s $75 million campaign to put its interests over working- and middle-class families. It uses its…
MSN: Spending blitz by outside groups helped secure big GOP wins
Hedge fund moguls helped bankroll groups' attack ads, sources tell NBC News November 4, 2010: A tightly coordinated effort by outside Republican groups, spearheaded by Karl Rove and fueled by…
Gawker: Democratic Congressman’s Career-Killing Outburst Was Engineered by GOP Tricksters
November 4, 2010- Remember when Democratic congressman Bob Etheridge went berserk on two kids who were harassing him on the streets of Washington, D.C.? And everyone was wondering who those…
TruthOut: Campaign Cash: Citizens United Becomes Get Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Corporate Criminals
November 3, 2010: The votes are in, and while some close races are still being tallied, there is a clear winner from the 2010 elections: Secret corporate cash. Such unaccounted…
Huffington Post: Unprecedented Outside Spending Boosted Candidates To Victory
November 3, 2010: Tuesday's election will be remembered not only for the historic losses by the Democratic Party in the House, but also the unprecedented amount of outside spending that…
RAW Story: Exclusive: Business groups poised to turn judges into ‘politicians in robes’
Exclusive: Business groups poised to turn judges into ‘politicians in robes’ November 2, 2010: Campaign donations to members of Congress from secret donors and foreign investors are grabbing headlines this…
NYT: Conservative Donor Groups Lay a Base for 2012 Elections
October 31, 2010- The midterm election campaign will end Tuesday, but one of its most marked developments — the emergence of outside groups, often backed by anonymous donations, that can…