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Pumped Full of Cash
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 3:48pm.
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The oil industry is reporting record profits as consumers empty their wallets at the pump, so why is Senator John McCain (R-AZ) suddenly backing policies like offshore oil drilling that do nothing to help gas prices today (or the environment tomorrow), but stand to make Big Oil a handsome profit down the road? Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch project released a new report today that sheds some light on McCain's energy policy decisions, and what they have to do with the money from the oil industry that has filled his campaign coffers.
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So Long!
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 3:16pm.
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This is just a note to let you know this is my last post here at the Public Campaign Action Fund blog.  As of next week I'll be moving to a new organization. I've loved writing this blog and hope you've enjoyed reading it.  I leave you in the very capable hands of the rest of the blogger team - keep up the fight for Fair and Clean Elections!
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OK, Now Will You Fix It?
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 12:49pm.
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Kelly Williams and Laura MacCleery of the Brennan Center write up an extensive analysis for The Hill's Congress Blog of the role campaign cash played in engineering the current economic crisis we find ourselves in, and why Fair and Clean Elections policy must be enacted at the federal level to safeguard against history repeating itself.
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Ad Up
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 3:17pm.
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In light of the Wall Street downturn, incessant bailout talk, and John McCain's decision to "suspend" his campaign and jump in to the bailout negotiations, Campaign Money Watch, a project of Public Campaign Action Fund, has a new ad that reminds Sen. McCain of own ethically wobbling history with the financial and real estate industries and asks the Senator to throw his weight behind Fair Elections legislation instead.
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A Bill? How Quaint.
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 2:39pm.
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It's been awhile since we chatted about Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) but he's been keeping busy what with standing trial for allegedly lying about the value of the gifts and home remodeling services he got from Veco Corp., an oil services company known mostly for bribing Alaskan lawmakers.
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Iowa Sees Huge Support
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 2:56pm.
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Our friends at Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement decided to find out what people in their state really think of full public financing of campaigns.  They put a poll out and the results were very encouraging  -- a full three-quarters of those surveyed expressed support.  Read more on the poll here.
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