by Communications Team | Aug 31, 2010 | Fair Elections
The Bad News! Did you know that fundraising for the November Congressional elections has already reached $1.2 BILLION? That’s far ahead of the last mid-term election. And who have members of Congress been taking campaign money from? The same old corporate...
by Communications Team | Aug 3, 2010 | Fair Elections
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 the latest attempt by Congress to block reform of the corporate domination of our political...
by Communications Team | Jul 13, 2010 | Fair Elections
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 dependent on these big money political donors, their votes in Congress too often reflect the interests...
by Communications Team | Apr 29, 2010 | Fair Elections
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 a major player in the corporate greed that has brought us the economic recession. But...
by Communications Team | Apr 1, 2010 | Fair Elections
Today is April Fools day, but it there is no fooling around when it comes to the damage that recent Court decisions that have done by changing the face of how campaigns are financed. In January, the Supreme Court ruled (Citizens’ United) that corporations were persons...
by Communications Team | Jan 22, 2010 | Fair Elections
On Thursday, January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that corporations have free reign to spend unlimited money on elections, ignoring two decades of precedent. The stakes are high. If big business like health insurance companies, oil...
by Communications Team | Jan 21, 2010 | Fair Elections
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 fight back by passing public financing in New York and in the Congress. The...
by Jessica Wisneski | Jan 7, 2010 | Fair Elections
After a year in state politics like 2009, which included dysfunction, slashing of programs New Yorkers need, and the death of numerous bills designed for the public good, yes, 2010 can be a year of real reform. We won’t win on every issue, but returning our...
by Communications Team | Jan 7, 2010 | Fair Elections
In his State of the State address, Governor Paterson announced his intent to push for passage of public financing of elections for legislative and statewide offices in New York. Last year, the Assembly passed a public financing of elections bill, and the...
