Washington, D.C.—President Obama’s decision to green-light super PAC money in support of his re-election means that talk is no longer enough and he must provide—and execute—a muscular plan to save our ailing democracy, said campaign finance watchdog Public Campaign Action Fund.

Statement from Nick Nyhart, executive director of Public Campaign Action Fund and David Donnelly, national campaigns director:

Urges Other Campaigns to Follow Suit

Washington, D.C.—National money-in-politics watchdog 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.

The agreement assesses a penalty on the candidate who benefits from outside advertising, equal to 50 percent of the advertising expenditure. The penalty is paid to the charity of the opposing candidate’s choice.

To Editorial Writers and Interested Journalists
From: Adam Smith, Public Campaign Action Fund
Date: January 20, 2012
Re: Citizens United heads into “terrible twos”

Washington, D.C.—Campaign finance watchdogs Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund (PCAF) released the following joint statement today regarding its decision to join the SOPA blackout protests.

Statement from Nick Nyhart, president and CEO of Public Campaign and David Donnelly, national campaigns director of PCAF:

“Like none other in several generations, we are living through an political era that pits ‘the money vs. ‘the many.’ In this case, big media companies have spent millions to push legislation ahead in the name of ending online piracy.