A broad coalition of 160 civil-rights, pro-democracy, and other progressive organziations have announced plans for an ambitious Democracy Spring campaign that will culminate with a massive rally and sit-in at the capitol in April. The campaign includes a 140-mile march that is scheduled to kick off on March 2 from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., in […]
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Nine Battleground States that Could Flip the Senate — and the Supreme Court
A Democratic president needs a Democratic majority in the Senate to turn around the high court. Here are the states that could make the difference in 2016.
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‘Not My Money’: Hillary and Bernie Distance Themselves from Supportive Super PACs
The Democratic presidential candidates have talked quite a bit about the need for campaign-finance reform. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have gone back-and-forth on the merits of their respective reform proposals, which are very similar. But increasingly, who is or isn’t benefiting from outside spending has become a major point of contention in the race. […]
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Going After the Big Bucks
Pumping big money into the national political parties, as many now propose, would weaken the parties in the long run and invite another round of soft-money abuses.
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Karl Rove’s “Dark Money” Machine Is Now Tax-Exempt. Here’s Why That Matters
If it wasn’t clear that the Internal Revenue Service has no intention of regulating politically active tax-exempt groups, it should be now. On Tuesday, news broke that the IRS awarded tax-exempt status to Crossroads GPS, a purported “social welfare” group that constitutes one-half of the big-spending political network masterminded by GOP operative Karl Rove. The […]
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Election’s Secret Theme: Letting Women Know Who’s Boss
Between Trump’s misogyny and Sanders’s demeaning of Planned Parenthood, this presidential contest is all about the role of women in society.
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Jeb’s Campaign-Finance Solution Falls Flat with Reform Advocates
Jeb Bush caused a stir in New Hampshire Monday when he told CNN’s Dana Bash that he would “eliminate” Citizens United, the much-maligned Supreme Court decision that deregulated independent political spending. The former Florida Governor later called for a constitutional amendment to undo the ruling at a Nashua town hall. “If I could do it […]
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Does Big Money Still Matter? You Bet It Does
It takes more than a super PAC to win the White House, but big campaign contributions wield growing influence in congressional, state, and local contests, and continue to sway policy-making.
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Clinton Claims Squeaker Victory in Iowa
High turnout and enthusiasm made for a close race, with Senator Bernie Sanders declaring the Democratic presidential caucus to be a “virtual tie.”
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The Trouble with Bernie Sanders’s Revolution
Ambitious though it is, Sanders has little chance of getting his agenda through Congress.
