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Why 2016 will be a Great Year for Money-in-Politics Reform
Happy New Year, America! Yesterday, we told you all about the positive reforms that took place during 2015. Reformers should feel proud of their hard work, and you should take…
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Take Back Our Republic
As we often say at Issue One, reducing the influence of money in politics is not a partisan cause; it’s an all-American one. Enter Take Back Our Republic, a nonprofit focused on making the case to conservatives that reform should be on the top of their minds at the ballot box.
Executive Director John Pudner’s claim to fame was helping long shot Virginia candidate David Brat unseat then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor last year. Now, he’s fighting for conservative solutions to encourage participation in democracy. His op-ed in an Oklahoma newspaper explains, “Conservatives across the country, particularly here in Ohio, have an opportunity to highlight a bottom-up approach to a problem more and more Americans are recognizing.”
His preferred solution? Tax credits for small donors who want to contribute to political campaigns. As he puts it, “Grassroots candidates have an opportunity to make the case to those for whom a check would be otherwise hard to write. The candidates and the individuals benefit, by participating AND receiving a tax credit and, more importantly, our democracy benefits.”
Now there’s an idea we can all get behind!
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Happy New Year, America! Yesterday, we told you all about the positive reforms that took place during 2015. Reformers should feel proud of their hard work, and you should take…
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This is the fifth installment of our blog series on Blueprints for Democracy, a new collection of solutions policymakers can implement to give everyone a greater say in their democracy.…
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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), is holding a hearing right now on the “Restore America’s Wire Act,” a bill that would ban…