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League Asks Congress to Fight Public Corruption
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Lamar Smith, House Judiciary Chair and John Conyers, Ranking Minority Member endorsing HR 2572, the Clean Up Government Act of 2011. HR 2572 would restore important tools for federal prosecutors fighting public corruption.
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Blog
No, special interest money shouldn't dominate Election 2012 - UPDATED
| Elisabeth MacNamaraThe U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to do away with one of the most effective deterrents to campaign finance corruption our nation has relied on since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s.
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Save Presidential Public Financing and the Election Assistance Commission
The League of Women Voters and other concerned organizations oppose H.R. 3463, legislation that would repeal the presidential public financing system AND terminate the Election Assistance Commission.
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Press Release
McComish v. Bennett is A Poorly Reasoned Decision
| LWVBut Public Financing of Elections Survives
Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters today expressed profound disappointment at the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McComish v. Bennett.
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League Urges Senate to Oppose Elimination of Presidential Public Financing
League President, Elisabeth MacNamara, sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose S. 194 and any other moves to eliminate the public financing system for presidential elections.
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League Urges Senators to Oppose Repeal of Presidential Public Financing
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose legislation to repeal presidential public financing and support modernization legislation instead.
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Press Release
House Set to Repeal Presidential Campaign Finance System
| LWV“American people deserve better,” says League of Women Voters
Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters today urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the move expected this week to eliminate the public financing system for presidential elections.
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League Urges House to Oppose Repeal of Presidential Public Financing System
League President, Elisabeth MacNamara, sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose repeal of the presidential public financing system.
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League Urges Representatives to Oppose Repeal of Presidential Public Financing
The League and coalition groups sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose repeal of presidential public financing. Repeal legislation would eliminate a system which has given average citizens and small donors a critically important role to play in funding our presidential campaigns.
