Politico reports:
After publicly sparring in the fall, the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are trying to make up.
In an extraordinary exchange of letters written after last week’s State of the Union address, Chamber President Tom Donohue and President Barack Obama agreed to disagree on some issues and work together where they can.
Collusion [...]
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White House making up with Chamber of Commerce?
Posted in Consumer Protection, Energy, Environment, Financial Regulation, tagged Citizens United, Don't Get Rolled, financial reform, money in politics, obama, U.S. Chamber of Commerce on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congresswoman Donna Edwards takes on Citizens United ruling
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Citizens United, Don't Get Rolled, Donna Edwards, DontGetRolled, Supreme Court on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Join our campaign to amend the Constitution
Posted in Activism, Campaign Finance, tagged amendment, Citizens United, constitution, corporate power, Don't Get Rolled, facebook, reform on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, we launched our campaign to amend the Constitution to undo the terrible U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case. As you may know that case threatens the very fabric of our democracy by allowing an unlimited flood of corporate cash into our elections. More than 10,000 of you have signed [...]
More members of Congress oppose Supreme Court decision
Posted in Campaign Finance, Congress, tagged Citizens United, Congress, Don't Get Rolled, government reform, money in politics, Supreme Court on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Members of Congress are coming up out of the woodwork to join the call to action to combat the Supreme Court’s disatrous decision in Citizens United v. FEC. In Politico, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to is saying :
“The Roberts Court has turned back the clock on our democracy by a century.” [...] He called the decision [...]
Dodd voices support for constitutional amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Congress, Ethics, Financial Regulation, tagged Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Congress, constitutional amendment, corporate power, Dodd, Don't Get Rolled, economy, financial reform, government reform, money in politics, Supreme Court, wall street on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you may already know, we’ve been working to make sure Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) stands up for the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency and serious financial reform. There have been rumors he might cave in to the corporate special interests on that – but his in his statement on Citizens United v. FEC, it [...]
The roots of corporate personhood
Posted in Activism, Campaign Finance, Congress, tagged Campaign Finance, Citizens United, corporate power, Don't Get Rolled, government reform, money in politics, Supreme Court on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As the progressive community anticipates the Supreme Court possibly opening the floodgates to corporate money in elections by upending the modest campaign finance laws on the books, Air America Radio’s Mark Green provides a valuable history lesson to remind us of the root of the problem (emphases added):
In the 1886 case of Santa Clara County [...]
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