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Using the Courts to Protect Campaign Finance Laws
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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(South Dakota State Capitol)This is part of a series examining ethics, transparency and campaign finance proposals in the states.
It’s an all-too-common refrain in politics: when Congress can’t pass legislation, the states take command of the issue and create solutions on their own. Campaign finance reform is no exception. A number of states have upcoming bipartisan ballot initiatives or bills pending in their legislatures designed to address money’s corrosive influence in politics. Here’s our roundup of what’s happening around the country:
Countless states, counties, cities and localities across the country have forged paths ahead without Congress, identifying a serious crisis in American governance and solving it independently. Congress needs to pay attention.
Issue: Money in Politics
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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…
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The holidays are approaching which means it’s time to start picking up presents, brainstorming new year’s resolutions and, of course, thinking of ways to talk about the 2016 elections with…