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League Urges US Representatives to Cosponsor the DISCLOSE 2012 Act, H.R. 4010
On February 16, the League sent the following letter to the House of Representatives urging them to cosponsor H.R. 4010, the DISCLOSE 2012 Act. The bill would restore transparency to U.S. elections by requiring complete disclosure of spending on big-money advertising in candidate elections.
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League Joins Partners in Supporting H.R. 4010, the DISCLOSE 2012 Act
The League joined with 10 other organziations to send the following letter to the House of Representatives supporting H.R. 4010, the DISCLOSE 2012 Act.
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Thank you: You Did It! We surpassed our goal on the White House petition
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We made our goal!
| Elisabeth MacNamaraThanks to the passion and hard work of all of our members and supporters, we surpassed our goal of 25,000 signatures on the FEC petition to the White House. This feat was not easy - as many of you can attest to - but we wanted to personally thank each and every one of you that signed the petition and worked to get your friends, family and neighbors to do the same.
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League and Partners Surpass FEC Petition Goal
| KellyLEAGUE AND PARTNERS SURPASS FEC PETITION GOAL
Await Response from President Obama on Enforcing Campaign Finance Laws
Washington, DC - Today, the League of Women Voters announced they had surpassed their goal of 25,000 petition signatures on the White House "We the People" website that asks President Obama to appoint new commissioners to the malfunctioning Federal Election Commission (FEC). The League and partners Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy21 and Public Citizen launched the petition drive on January 11 in order to get a response from the Administration on this critical issue that, to date, it has ignored.
"The Obama campaign’s decision this week to allow surrogates to assist Super PACs in raising funds illustrates how broken the system is and that the FEC is asleep at the switch," said Elisabeth MacNamara, national League President. "The only reason that the leading presidential campaigns of both political parties are able to work with the Super PACs is that the FEC is not enforcing the law. Indeed the FEC says this is acceptable. Our democracy needs a fully-functioning FEC," said MacNamara.
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FINAL ACTION ALERT: Your signature can push us over the top!
| Jessica JonesSpurred on by the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, big, special-interest money from corporations and wealthy individuals is already swamping our campaigns through so-called Super PACs.
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News Clips
Massachusetts Senate Candidates Look to Limit Outside Advertising
| Shirley"Senator Scott P. Brown and Elizabeth Warren, his likely Democratic opponent, agreed Monday on a plan to try to stop outside groups from running attack ads in their high-profile, high-stakes race..."
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Can a Bipartisan Pact Really Disarm the Super PAC Arsenal in Massachusetts?
| Shirley"From its start, the race for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat seemed destined to be one of most expensive political battles in Massachusetts history..."
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State of our union? Too much big money in campaigns
| Elisabeth MacNamaraTomorrow night, President Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. There are many important issues for the President to discuss, most importantly the state of our economy. We, like many of you, are keenly interested in what he will say.
According to some news reports, the President may propose political changes in a number of areas, including the financing of political campaigns.
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Citizens United decision two years later
| Elisabeth MacNamaraThe U.S. Supreme Court issues many opinions each year and it is safe to say they all greatly impact the lives of Americans in some way. The Supreme Court’s opinion two years ago in Citizens United v. FEC is by all accounts one that has dramatically changed the landscape of modern political campaigns in America.