The Huffington Post has a story on a fundraiser being held today for congressional candidate for Colorado’s 4th district, Cory Gardner, which is being hosted by lobbyists from BP, Goldman Sachs, and other big money special interests.

 

Public Campaign Action Fund issued a press release on the fundraiser calling on Mr. Gardner "to show his constituents he’s accountable only to them, not his big campaign donors” by showing his support for the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826) by signing the Voters First Pledge.

The Washington Post has an editorial today on the Maryland General Assembly and the lack of action on good government reforms, despite a number of recent scandals.

Politico has a story today on a recent poll commissioned by Common Cause, Change Congress and Public Campaign Action Fund that shows that voters believe special interests run the show in Washington. The survey also showed voters strongly favor revamping the campaign finance system with the Fair Elections Now Act.

The National Journal's blog "Under the Influence" has a posting today with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) discussing the impending U.S. Supreme Court decision on Citizens United vs. FEC and why it could be the impetus for Fair Elections campaign reform.

Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight.com has written an interesting statistical analysis of money in politics as it relates to the current debate on health care reform and the popular public option.

Lawrence Lessig, co-founder of Change Congress, discusses the need to remove special interest money from congressional campaigns on The Huffington Post.