Leadership Posts for Many With Corporate Ties
Katrina vanden Heuvel writes in today’s Washington Post about the new balance of power in the House of Representatives, including, she says, “a new class of right-wing committee chairmen in the House –...
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Evening Reading – March 7, 2011
Free Speech Isn’t Free (Gather.com, Ann Weaver Hart, March 7, 2011) Taking money out of the system is the only way to fix it. Absolutely equalize the amount of money spent by requiring that all...
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Redistricting Power Brokers Trading in Public Trust
We’re well into redistricting season of 2011, and Roll Call has a list of the key players who, as they say, will cut deals or determine which of their colleagues’ seats will stay or go. We think those...
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Supreme Court Above the Law?
If reporters found evidence that President Obama had slipped out of the White House for a weekend trip with a wealthy, politically active businessman and then failed to report it or reported it...
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Ready for the Maps?
I’m glad I’m not a member of the House Republican caucus from Ohio. Why? Because U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) is in danger of losing his house seat in next year’s election after speaking out...
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Ohio Redistricting Still in the Stone Age
Why is Common Cause continuing to fight for redistricting reform? Well, part of the reason can be found in yesterday’s expose article in Roll Call: Emails Reveal Role of Boehner Aide, NRCC in Ohio...
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Cantor’s Cash
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) reports giving cash awards to legislators, including $1,350 for an award it gave to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the current House Majority Leader, even...
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DISCLOSE 2012: Avoiding Full Disclosure
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