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A Bipartisan Duo Has a Plan to Fix Congress (No, Really!)
Two former congressmen pen book offering prescriptions to ease gridlock.
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Today in History
… was sentenced to life in prison.) Five years ago: A bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , vastly increased the power of big business and labor unions to influence government decisions by …
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'This Week' Transcript: Former CIA Director Michael Hayden
… the country. Post- Citizens United , the best that we ..... stage, I think, is transparency . What I'm most offended ..... to have real-time disclosure and names associated ..... Once you had the Citizens United decision, the best …
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Why These Are The Most Expensive Midterms Elections Ever… directly traceable to that Citizens United decision," he said of the ..... Supreme Court case that allowed corporations to make unrestricted donations ..... have to be submitted to the Federal Election Commission . Because the names of the …
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Thad Cochran's Impressive Array of Corporate Backers… Thad Cochran's FEC reports read like ..... the days before Citizens United , when direct PAC ..... Cochran's June 14 FEC report, where it's ..... were linked to corporations or professional ..... groups make the FEC -reporting error …
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Excerpt: Elizabeth Drew’s ‘Washington Journal’… made a damning disclosure when no such thing ..... and there. The disclosure of these conversations ..... After that disclosure , the district judge ..... later, and the Citizens United case reversed ..... tributions by corporations . Justices who …
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Top Democrat Challenges GOP's McConnell on Campaign Finance
… You can't avoid disclosure because you might get ..... interest to require disclosure of a $200 contribution ..... Van Hollen said donor transparency gives the public more ..... since the controversial Citizens United case in 2010. The Maryland …
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Wounds, Old And New, At Fort Hood
… Valeo and Citizens United , let's ..... with full disclosure . That's ..... free-flowing, no- disclosure cash made more possible by Citizens United . It's ..... with its Citizens United decision ..... down the Federal Election Commission 's aggregate …
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Winners and Losers of Supreme Court's Latest Campaign-Finance Ruling
… for super PACs with its Citizens United decision in 2010, the ..... court has struck down the Federal Election Commission 's aggregate limit on ..... uphill battle to get the FEC and the IRS to enforce disclosure rules, more clearly …
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Roundtable II: Politics of Scandal… which you'll disagree with, we had after citizens united , a flood of money coming in, and groups that ..... even-handed application of irs standards, again, the federal election commission , the congress, we need to have a set of standards …
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Obama Juggles Scandals
… could be subject to compelled disclosure in court. "The White House has ..... PHILLIP . Ever since the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited …
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Why Tax-Exempt Groups a Political Minefield for the IRS… the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ..... ruling allowed corporations and unions ..... 501(c)4 Citizens United . The irony ..... creates more disclosure and less ..... counsel to the Federal Election Commission . "The IRS's ..... counsel of the Federal Election Commission . "IRS is …
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Obama Has 'No Patience' for IRS' Targeting Conservatives
… 2010 Citizen's United vs. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court case, which was ..... brought the case against the FEC , said the new information should ..... The IRS clearly saw the Citizens United case as a catalyst to go after …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Friday April 12, 2013
… heading. LINK CITIZENS UNITED ABC News' Anjuli ..... Effort to Overturn Citizens United Decision " Students ..... controversial 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision nearly ..... government cannot deny corporations or unions the …
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Universities Join Effort to Overturn Citizens United Decision
… controversial 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision nearly ..... government cannot deny corporations or unions the ..... RELATED: Citizens United Bounces Back To ..... amendment to overturn Citizens United . A number of …
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LIVE UPDATES: 2013 State of the Union Address
… Constitutional Amendment Claims Money Is Not Speech - Corporations , like people, have a constitutional right ..... what the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010. http://abcn.ws/WHaTXb …
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment Claims Money Is Not SpeechCorporations , like people, have a ..... Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010. Once the court ..... for the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in which the court …
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Obama's 2nd-Term Army: 20 Million Activists, Corporate Cash, Ready to Rumble… unlimited contributions - including corporate corporations . President Obama denounced the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission , which legalized corporate contributions …
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Opponents Protest in Face of NRA Silence on Sandy Hook Shooting… press releases, money talks. Under the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, political contributions became free speech ..... during the election year; according to a post-election FEC report, they spent more than $13 million from the start …
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Gay Marriage, Pot, Immigration Among Ballot Issues… prohibit unions and corporations from collecting ..... in 2010, the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling said that corporations and unions could ..... Court upheld its Citizens United Decision and reversed …
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What Is a Super PAC? A Short History… more -- and corporations and unions ..... simply as " Citizens United ." The story ..... nonprofit group Citizens United filed a complaint ..... Committee ( FEC ), the body ..... re-election. The FEC rejected the claim, so Citizens United decided to ..... But the FEC , backed …
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The Most Awesomely Unusual Super PAC Names… PACs registered with the FEC this election cycle can collect ..... sent three letters to the Federal Election Commission "as a test" to see if the FEC actually posted the correspondence ..... ZoidPAC?, nicknames the FEC filer who has to post his …
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Democrats go after conservative political groups for exploiting tax-exempt status
… complaint with the Federal Election Commission Monday against ..... Sunday on how corporations use such groups ..... Court ruled in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission that corporations ..... Now v. The Federal Election Commission that independent …
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Obama Campaign Remembers Their Mantra (The Note)… saying a fuller disclosure is the only way ..... CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED . The Progressive ..... aimed at overturning Citizens United . The plan includes ..... amendment to overturn Citizens United . Require corporations to get shareholder …
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Scalia's Two Cents: 11 Opinions of the Most Outspoken Justice… the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market ; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli ." Citizens United v. FEC Category: Jan. 2012 "I don't care who is doing the speech — the more the merrier . People are not stupid …
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Corporate Money in State Races Likely After Supreme Court Decision
… upholding Citizens United in Montana ..... holding of Citizens United applies to ..... the way for corporations to spend ..... despite the Citizens United ruling ..... spending by corporations and/or ..... entirely: disclosure . With the ..... complaint to the Federal Election Commission ( FEC ) earlier …
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Top 6 Ways Stephen Colbert Could Spend His Super PAC Cash
… 768,000 deep, according to the latest financial disclosure reports . And while the stream of donations has slowed ..... and more than a year of poking satirical fun at the Citizens United Supreme Court case, nothing has been done to change …
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Battle In The Buckeye State
… http://abcn.ws/L84krT CITIZENS UNITED 'BOUNCES BACK' TO SUPREME ..... behind closed doors to discuss Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , the landmark 2010 decision holding that corporations can make unlimited independent …
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Envisioning Obama's New Frame, A SCOTUS Flow Chart, Edwards Charges Dropped (PM Note)
… KtBcMx (Ariane de Vogue) ' Citizens United ' Bounces Back to Supreme ..... behind closed doors to discuss Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , the landmark 2010 decision holding that corporations can make unlimited independent …
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'Citizens United' Bounces Back to Supreme Court
… at its ' Citizens United ' ruling ..... to discuss Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , the landmark ..... holding that corporations can make ..... contradict Citizens United . The Montana ..... unlike Citizens United , this case …
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Outside groups allow candidates to remain civil in Giffords special election
… in the post- Citizens United era, they can ..... Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission determined that ..... political spending by corporations and unions is ..... expect in a post- Citizens United world where I …
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Unions and Democrats renew criticism of Citizens United following Walker recall win
… donors, Citizens United and corporate ..... multinational corporations " can "spend ..... democracy." " Citizens United has ushered ..... ruling-- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission --which ..... ruling on Citizens United , have made …
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Emails That Romney Tried to Hide Are Revealed… though Wonderlich said that Obama isn't clear in the transparency struggle either. An "analogous" situation, he said ..... the president derided after the Supreme Court's " Citizens United " decision but that he now embraces so he can have …
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Mitt's Massachusetts
… STEVENS: SECOND THOUGHTS LIKELY IN CITIZENS UNITED . The AP's Jeannie Nuss reports ..... about parts of its controversial Citizens United ruling that eased restrictions ..... Palin's expected presence after FEC disclosures for her political action …