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The DISCLOSE Act
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects We need a government of, by, and for the people, not the corporations. So the fight goes on to replace corporate-funded elections with Fair Elections! The bad news is that
Read More »End Corporate Control of Elections!
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects There is no doubt that BP, Wall Street, the health care industry, and other big corporations continue to do untold harm to all of us. Because members of Congress are
Read More »Stopping the Circus
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects You may have caught some of the recent circus on TV where executives from Goldman Sachs, the huge Wall Street corporation, were grilled by members of Congress. Goldman Sachs was
Read More »Updated: Supreme Court: Opening the Floodgates to Corporate Influence
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects Shed a tear for our democracy today. The Supreme Court decision today in Citizens United vs. FEC has unleashed unlimited spending from corporate coffers to influence elections. We need to
Read More »The Future of Participatory Democracy
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects Last Friday in Washington, DC, advocates for Congressional public campaign financing -- "Fair Election Now Act" - held a forum on the future of participatory democracy in the United States.
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