Really, what is there to say? After a six-years the Department of Justice dropped their investigation into former House Majority... View Article
Continue readingBig oil money at the state level mostly goes to influence the public, not the politicians
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling will allow corporate interests to spend unlimited amounts trying to influence voters, something they’ve... View Article
Continue readingNew Openness Rules for Finance Reform
On Friday, the New York Times reported that four agencies responsible for implementing the financial reform bill are announcing new... View Article
Continue readingLess of a non-sequitur response on campaign finance
After responding to a non-sequiturial (sic?) tweet from Patrick Ruffini last week, Ruffini responded by calling my post a non-sequitur.... View Article
Continue readingMoney in State Judicial Elections
What’s the price of justice? Over the last decade, state supreme court candidates raised over $200 million for their elections,... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Announces Leading Practices Winners
On Thursday, the White House announced the winners of their Leading Practices initiative, that they first outlined in April. The... View Article
Continue readingLIVE: Rep. Maxine Waters Defends Against Ethics Charges
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Continue readingTools for Transparency: The Vote-to-Promote Model
News aggregation services that use the vote-to-promote model like Reddit and Digg, and Delicious and StumbleUpon to a degree, are... View Article
Continue readingCitizens Not Increasing Scrutiny
The Washington Independent has a great write-up of political spending after the Citizens decision, with one exception: the headline. Citizens... View Article
Continue readingCharlie Rangel just doesn’t give a damn
Rep. Charlie Rangel today confirmed my statement from yesterday that he doesn’t give a damn about congressional ethics. While entering... View Article
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