Republican Bill Posey Introduces Bill To Ban Members Of Congress From Lobbying For Five Years
One of the ways that Big Money works to take control of the country’s political system is by enlisting former legislators to become lobbyists. These lobbyists, having passed through the “revolving door,” have wide access to their former colleagues in addition to the financial resources that lobbying firms command. While there are some laws regulating
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Pat Robertson: We Need To Put The Bankers Who Lied To Americans And Caused The Financial Crisis In Jail
Today, televangelist and long time right-wing icon Pat Robertson addressed the banking crisis on his television show, The 700 Club. Referencing how Iceland dealt with its own economic crisis — it jailed many of the bankers who broke laws and deceived the nation’s people — Robertson praised the European nation and said that we need
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Supreme Court Justices Breyer And Ginsburg Want The Court To Reconsider Citizens United
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court moved to block a ruling from the Montana Supreme Court that upheld a century-long ban on corporate money in politics. In overruling Montana’s law, the court may be setting itself up to revisit the Citizens United decision. If the Court decides to hear a full appeal of the Montana
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Senators Call For Investigation Of 100% Undisclosed Political Attack Groups
The Huffington Post’s Paul Blumenthal reports that Senators Al Franken and Check Schumer are pursuing an investigation into the new array of 501(c)(4) political nonprofits that are raising and spending hundreds of millions of dollars in elections: The letter came amid rising concerns that nonprofit groups are acting primarily as political vehicles after the Supreme
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Minnesota Governor Calls Out Corporate Front Group ALEC, Vetoes Its Bills
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a secretive corporate front group funded by Big Business that works to pass corporate-friendly bills in state legislatures. It has grown so powerful that it now has nearly one-third of all state legislators under its umbrella. ALEC has worked with legislators to pass bills ranging from issues as
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At CPAC, European Conservative Leader Explains How Big Money Distorts Democracy
Interview conducted by Republic Report’s Zaid Jilani and Suzanne Merkelson. Last week, nearly 10,000 conservatives gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to discuss their ideology and goals for the coming year. At the conference, Republic Report ran into Radoslaw Fogiel, a Polish citizen who is the Vice Chairman of the European Young Conservatives. He
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Petition To Fix The Federal Elections Commission Gains Enough Signatures To Be Reviewed By The White House
A White House petition sponsored by an array of good government groups has gained 25,000 signatures, enough to be reviewed by the Obama administration with an official response. The text of the petition reads: We expect candidates for federal office to follow our campaign finance laws, but the FEC – the agency charged with enforcing
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Obama Feigns Helplessness With Citizens United; In Reality, He Could Issue A Disclosure Executive Order Today
Last night, President Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina disappointed reform advocates by announcing that the president has decided to embrace the pro-Democratic Party super PAC, Priorities USA Action. The super PAC was founded by two former White House aides, Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney. The email from Messina, entitled “We Will Not Play By Two
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