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Sign the online petition to tell presidential candidate John McCain to fire three lobbyist staff members
Public Campaign Action Fund has begun the "Fire the Lobbyists!" online petition campaign. Two of US Senator and presidential candidate John McCain's (R) staff recently resigned because it was revealed...
Sign an e-card to Senator Warren Rudman for his work for public financing of elections
Just $6 from Americans for Campaign Reform is asking us to sign an e-card, to thank former Senator Warren Rudman for his work for public financing of elections. Senator Rudman has tirelessly advocate...
Tell US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on new FEC commissioners
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW) has launched a new campaign website called Fix the FEC. Since early this year, the Federal Election Commission has been without a quorum of ...
Sign the Voters First Pledge at Public Campaign Action Fund, for volunteer public financing of federal elections
Public Campaign Action Fund is running a Voter Pledge drive for clean elections for federal candidates. Clean elections is another term for volunteer public financing of candidate campaigns. It can sa...
Call your two US Senators and ask them to support the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act
Public Citizen is asking us to call our two US Senators, and ask them to support the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (S.223). It would require all senate candidates, both challengers and incumb...
Sign the letter to presidential candidate John McCain for public financing of elections
Public Campaign Action Fund has written a letter to US Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and they'd like us to sign onto it. The letter emphasizes the importance of two bills...
"The Buying of the President 2008", a new serial report by The Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity has released a report titled "The Buying of the President 2008". They will release a new chapter every month in five parts over the course of a week. The first month'...
Tell your two US Senators to vote YES on Fair Elections
It's now time again to contact your two US Senators and ask them to vote YES for public financing of congressional campaigns. A bill addresses this, called The Fair Elections Now Act (S.1285). Fair ...
Take this short survey on public financing of elections
Public Campaign Action Fund is running this short survey about public financing of elections and the Presidential race and would appreciate your filling it out. Information about the survey is here....
A look at clean elections in action
Candidates, and ultimately voters, are already enjoying clean elections in Maine. The first state in the nation to bring this campaign finance reform to state offices, it has been successfully admini...
Look for possibly big money commercials by nonprofits later this election season
According to a Feb. 25th Mother Jones article, a shift of major campaign funds from candidates and parties to individuals will take place later this election season. And 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizat...
Financial contributions by both Clinton and Obama to Democratic superdelegates have results
The Center for Responsive Politics has published a report entitled "Seeking Superdelegates". It is a powerful analysis of the influence financial contributions to them by Democratic presidential cand...
Will John McCain have a campaign finance conscience this election season?
Public Campaign posted today that, now that Pres. Bush has recognized John McCain as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he has forwarded his "list" of big money donors he enjoyed when he...