Shadowy front groups headed up by Republican operatives and funded by secret corporate donors are supporting the GOP and their special interest agenda—shipping good-paying American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street, and turning Medicare over to the … Continue reading
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Secret money from corporate special interests—that favor shipping American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street, and turning Medicare over to the insurance companies—is funding the Congressional Republican agenda. A column yesterday by Al Hunt, executive editor for … Continue reading
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Secret money from corporate special interests – that favor shipping American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street and turning Medicare over to the insurance companies – is funding the not-so-secret Republican agenda. Bruce Josten, Executive Vice President … Continue reading
As millions of Americans struggle in this economy, the rich and powerful special interests should not be able to drown out the voices of citizens. Today, Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to transparency and accountability in the political process, … Continue reading
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A report released by the non-partisan Campaign Money Watch reveals that American jobs have been outsourced in states and districts where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions of dollars from secret corporate and possibly foreign donors to drown … Continue reading
Growing Chorus Calling for Full Disclosure of Funding Sources for U.S. Chamber, Shadowy Front Groups
In the wake of Republican Senators blocking consideration of the DISCLOSE Act last month, supporters of full disclosure of campaign advertising continue to raise concerns about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s possible use of funds from foreign interests and foreign … Continue reading
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First, conservatives are furious at the lack of commitment from Congressional Republicans on plans to reform the earmark process. Wall Street Journal: Some tea-party sympathizers were particularly troubled by the omission of an earmark ban… Then, an article in last … Continue reading
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Will the Republican hypocrisy ever end? Congressional Republicans were responsible for an explosion of earmarks when they were in charge of the House. Now they are promising to go back to the same earmark agenda. From Politico – Republicans waver … Continue reading
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Today, by obstructing progress on the DISCLOSE Act, Senate Republicans protected the special interests and voted to support takeovers of our elections by big corporations, even those that are foreign-controlled. Senate Republicans blocked a bill that reaffirms a fundamental American … Continue reading
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This afternoon, the House passed the DISCLOSE Act by a vote of 219-206 to close some of the biggest election loopholes created by the Citizens United case–the Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgates to unrestricted special interest campaign donations … Continue reading
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