The Campaign for Fair Elections issued a press release announcing that the Committee on House Administration will take up and vote on the Fair Elections Now Act in the next few weeks.

The New York Times editorialized yesterday on the ongoing Office of Congressional Ethics investigation into the fundraising activities of three members of Congress and calls for the Fair Elections Now Act as an alternative to the current big money-driven system.

An opinion piece by Adam Friedman of MASSvote discusses how the huge amount of time that Congress spends fundraising hurts prospects for addressing our nations challenges, and calls for support of the Fair Elections Now Act.

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) launched a new series of reports, "Fueling Washington," highlighting the big money going into support or defeat (but let's face it, mostly defeat) comprehensive energy reform in Congress this year.

According to CRP:

In an (un)surprising move, the oil industry is lining up to oppose House measures introduced this week to respond to the BP oil spill, according to National Journal’s Congress Daily (Subscription). The article states that two of measured in particular, one that imposes "unlimited liability on oil companies and another that federally mandates standards for well designs and operational practices."

According to the story:

WCTV in Tallahassee and WEAR in Pensacola ran stories on the Fair Elections ad that

The official launch of the Campaign for Fair Elections, a nationwide effort to pass the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 752, H.R. 1826) was picked up by the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and the Associated Press.

There were plenty of fundraisers in Washington, D.C. today, and we hit the mean streets of Capitol Hill to protest one of them.

Mississippi Rep. Gregg Harper (R) held a "Mississippi Fish Fry" today at a lobbyist town house, just blocks from the U.S Capitol. We tried to talk to Rep. Harper when he came by, but he shuffled right past us. There should be some video of the event tomorrow, but for now, here& are some pictures.

It's a day that ends in Y, that means there are plenty of fundraisers. And, honestly, too many to list today! Here's a sampling.

There are at least seven Congressional fundraisers being held today--at concerts, golf courses, or boring old hotels. Here’s the list (via PoliticalPartyTime.org):