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Proposed bill calls for CEOs to appear in campaign ads

April 29, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Congress, Politics 3 comments

“I’m [corporate CEO’s name here], and I approve this ad.” That’s a line that could become a new campaign-ad mantra, if Congress passes the

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Will Congress help shareholders see corporations’ election spending?

March 7, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Politics Leave a comment

Three new bills introduced in Congress offer a modest counterbalance to the wide-open corporate spending in election campaigns enabled by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. The

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Democracy now…for Iran

February 28, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Politics Leave a comment

According to Congress.org, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, has just introduced S.3008, a bill that “establishes a government program to support

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