Submitted by Adam Smith on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:42
Freshman Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) has an op-ed in Politico this morning defending billionaire energy tycoons Charles and David Koch. "Stop harassing the Koch brothers!" the headline reads.
"Charles Koch and David Koch, co-owners of Koch Industries, are U.S. citizens, taxpayers, entrepreneurs and employers," he writes. He should know, their company invested in a company he ran.
Submitted by David Donnelly on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:52
STRATEGY MEMO
To: Interested Parties Who Might Read Crossroads GPS Memo From: David Donnelly, Public Campaign Action Fund Date: February 1, 2012 RE: Up is down, 1% is 99%: Crossroads and Karl Rove are against crony corruption.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:19
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and his leadership PAC received at least $45,250 in contributions from supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the last three months of 2011, according to preliminary analysis of newly-released FEC filings by Public Campaign Action Fund.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 18:04
While it was Newt Gingrich that got all the attention for big donations from casino mogul Shel Adelson, he’s not the only one benefiting from the billionaire’s largess.
Submitted by mrober@publicam... on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 17:16
With advocates currently working to bolster the Maine Clean Elections system, many have taken the opportunity to speak out about the value and success of the system.
Wells Lyons, an attorney in Portland, has an article in the Portland Daily Sun today defending the system and arguing the benefits of Clean Elections are far-reaching:
Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 16:14
In September, an aide to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged redistricting officials to add the headquarters of the Timken Co. to the new district of freshmen Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio).
On September 12th, 2011, Tom Whatman, the director of the speaker’s “Team Boehner” group wrote in an email to redistricting officials about the change. “Thanks guys. Very important to someone important to us all. I relly [sic] should have thought of this,” he wrote.
Submitted by mrober@publicam... on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 21:15
Forty-four Senators who introduced legislation today backing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline received $22.3 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 1989, according to analysis by Public Campaign Action Fund and 350.org.
Submitted by John Papagiannis on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 16:36
In a press release this morning, Public Campaign Action Fund praised the agreement reached by Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown, and urged that the agreement become a model for other races around the country.
Submitted by John Papagiannis on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 19:57
January 21 marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. FEC decision that allowed for our elections to be pushed further into the hands of the wealthy elite.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi hit the nail on the head in her statement today on the decision. She said (emphasis added):
