Tag: DISCLOSE
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LWVUS Press Release about DISCLOSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2010 www.lwv.org Contact: Kelly Ceballos 202-263-1331 kceballos@lwv.org OBSTRUCTIONIST POLITICS PREVAILS OVER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM Voters on the Losing Side of Political Gamesmanship Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters of the U.S. issued the following statement by national League President Elisabeth MacNamara on the obstructionism that prevented the Senate […]
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DISCLOSE Act falls short by 1 vote in the Senate
Elisabeth MacNamara, president of LWVUS, reports what happened in the Senate today: Today in Washington we fell short by just one vote in our continuing battle to pass the DISCLOSE Act, which would restore transparency to U.S. elections by requiring disclosure of corporate and union spending in candidate elections. She went on to say that […]
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Walk Across Usa To Abolish Corporate Personhood
Two brothers, Laird and Robin Monahan, are walking across the United States from San Francisco to focus attention on the Citizens United v. FEC decision, the issue of corporate personhood, and the need to amend the Constitution to say that corporations are not entitled to personhood rights, and money is not equivalent to free speech. […]