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- Two-Thirds of Americans Unhappy About Citizens United Ruling, More than 60 percent of respondents say it was a bad idea. (TPM, 02/08/10)
- 24 States' Laws Open to Attack, 24 states' laws are open to attack after the campaign finance ruling. (New York Times, 01/23/10)
- Ruling on Spending May Alter Political Terrain, The Supreme Court rules that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. (New York Times, 01/21/10)
- Obama Received $20 Million From Healthcare Industry, Obama received $20 million from healthcare industry in 2008 campaign. (Raw Story, 01/12/10)
- Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law, Court decisions free interest groups from many restrictions on advertising about issues and candidates. (New York Times, 01/09/10)
- Nader Files Lawsuit in Maine, Democrats targeted for campaign tactics. (Bangor Daily News, 01/07/10)
- Campaign Cash From Wall Street, Campaign cash from Wall Street favored representatives who opposed finance reform bill. (Open Secrets, 12/14/09)
- In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists', Statements by lawmakers were ghostwritten by Washington lobbyists. (New York Times, 11/15/09)
- 237 Millionaires in Congress, 44 percent of Congress are millionaires compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall. (Politico, 11/07/09)
- Millions Spent by Lobby Firms, Six lobbyists for every member of Congress heap cash on politicians to water down legislation. (Guardian, 10/02/09)
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- "Lobbyists Retreat But Never Surrender", More than 15,600 companies spent at least $3.2 billion on federal lobbying last year. (Michael Winship, Common Dreams, 02/06/10)
- "Donna Edwards' No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment", Giving corporations monopoly power over our politics would be deadly to democracy. (John Nichols, The Nation, 02/04/10)
- "Democracy in America is a Useful Fiction", Corporate forces carried out a coup d'ιtat in slow motion. (Chris Hedges, TruthDig, 01/25/10)
- "Coakley's Corporate Connection", Both parties are the parties of big business. (Russell Mokhiber, SinglePayerAction, 01/15/10)
- "Mr. Smith Rewrites the Constitution", To maintain a filibuster, senators no longer have to keep talking. (Thomas Geoghegan, New York Times, 01/11/10)
- "Kentucky Officials Manipulated Clay County Elections for Decades", Election insiders are the greatest threat to the integrity of elections. (Brad Friedman, BradBlog, 01/05/10)
- "Are Presidents Afraid of the CIA?", Obama keeps giving signals that he is afraid of the CIA. (Ray McGovern, Common Dreams, 12/29/09)
- "The Five Lies of Congress", Electing a Democrat instead of a Republican will change our policies substantially it isn't about the party, it's about the money. (Pat LaMarche, Daily News, 12/17/09)
- "The Campaign Cash Behind the Afghanistan Escalation", Obama remains faithful to the defense industry interests that so generously funded his campaign. (Sue Sturgis, Facing South, 12/01/09)
- "Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts", Why do they call them Democrats? (Ari Berman, The Nation, 10/28/09)
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- Fight Campaign Finance Ruling, One step at a time. (Boston Globe, 01/29/10)
- "10 Ways to Stop Corporate Dominance of Politics", What can be done to limit or reverse the effect of the Court's decision. (Fran Korten, Yes! Magazine, 01/26/10)
- "The Excesses of the Monied Interests", What can we do after Citizens United? (Chris Kromm, Facing South, 01/24/10)
- Shed a Tear for Our Democracy, Corporations have control of our democracy. (Robert Weissman, Common Dreams, 01/22/10)
- "Defend Democracy Against the Corporate State", A politician should not be able to take any action that would cause special gain to a major donor. (Doris 'Granny D' Haddock, Common Dreams, 01/21/10)
- "The Implosion of the American Political Consciousness", We have so little to choose from. (David Michael Green, Common Dreams, 01/10/10)
- "Activists Take Aim", Activists take aim at Democratic and Republican cash. (Alex Isenstadt, Politico, 11/12/09)
- Sequoia Voting System Study Project, The most important election-related project on the Internet. (Study Sequoia, 10/20/09)
- "Cut the Nonsense for a Decent Society", It's up to We-the-People to make things work. (Caroline Arnold, Record-Courier, 10/04/09)
- "Time for Citizens to Convene", Responsibility resides in the minds of an empowered American people. (Ralph Nader, Common Dreams, 09/28/09)
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- "Constitutionally Illiterate", When politicians are ignorant of the founding documents, our system is in trouble. (Christopher Dreisbach, Baltimore Sun, 02/05/10)
- "The Source of Corporate Power", The concept of democracy is mortally wounded. (Robert C. Koehler, Common Dreams, 01/28/10)
- "Hardball and Dumbed-Down US Politics", Commentary programs give clues why the US is failing. (Robert Parry, Consortium News, 01/20/10)
- "Feingold Fears 'Lawless' Court Ruling", Feingold fears 'lawless' court ruling on corporate campaigning. (John Nichols, The Nation, 01/13/10)
- "Court Tosses Washington Voting Ban for Felons", Implications for voting rights in other states. (Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/07/10)
- "Good Riddance to Decade That Began With Theft of the Presidency", The US Supreme Court intervened to stop a recount of the votes in Florida and declared Bush to be the president. (John Nichols, The Nation, 12/31/09)
- "How Filibusters are Strangling the Senate", It is almost impossible to get things done. (Bob Fuss, CBS News, 12/23/09)
- "$1 Billion Spent on Political Ads This Year", The health care debate fueled much of the spending this year. (Evan McMorris-Santoro, TPM, 12/09/09)
- "Calling the Filibuster Bluff", The filibuster gives inordinate power to a few fence-sitters. (Renee Loth, Boston Globe, 11/13/09)
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