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Tag: Campaign contributions

Reforming campaign finance in Missouri

December 4, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A friend of mine lobbied for campaign finance reform in Missouri for more than a dozen  years. He finally gave up in  2000, when

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Crowdsourcing helps solve the Super PAC funding puzzle

February 10, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Corporations, Courts, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Under Citizens United, Super PAC donors’ identities are shrouded in secrecy, but The Caucus, a New York Times blog, has begun a savvy effort

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Four days that really make our political system ugly

January 10, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Congress, Good government, Media, Obama, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 are the most important dates of the year to most candidates running for office, other

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Celebrate, but think about what’s really happening to US democracy

July 4, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government, Politics, Voting/Elections One comment

Famed progressive author, teacher and activist Howard Zinn died suddenly on January 27, 2010. To celebrate Zinn’s life and legacy, Boston University initiatied a

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AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka wants an independent labor movement

June 8, 2011 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Labor and unions One comment

In the past, Democratic politicians could always count on union campaign contributions. But, when it comes to supporting working families, corporate Democrats have not

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Who bought the 2010 elections? We may never know.

November 16, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics Leave a comment

Even before the last dollar has been tallied, we already know one thing: We’re not going to be able to identify a lot of

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