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6/25/2007
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Today’s decision in F.E.C. v. Wisconsin Right To Life reopens a significant loophole that allows corporations to sidestep campaign finance rules that were meant to curb corruption and level the playing field for all who engage in political campaigns. | |
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5/9/2007
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Letters delivered this week to House leadership and members of the Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement from a half dozen states urge Congress to “adopt the time-tested best practices” of independent ethics commissions, office and boards currently operating in twenty-three states. | |
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5/24/2007
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Today’s votes on lobby reform take another important step toward reining in the corruption that plagued the last Congress. | |
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4/19/2007
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Gary Kalman's Statement before the United States House of Representative’s Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement: The Honorable Michael Capuano, Chair
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4/18/2007
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Chairwoman Feinstein, Senator Bennett and members of the committee I thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). U.S. PIRG is the national advocacy office for the federation of state PIRGs. | |
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3/8/2007
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Open-Editorial by Gary Kalman: Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) ethics enforcement task force is charged with looking at how state ethics commissions, boards and offices operate and how private entities ensure ethical practices.
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3/28/2007
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The time is right to implement the public funding of congressional campaigns, thereby making Congress more accountable to voters, according to a report released today by a coalition of public interest groups. | |
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3/20/2007
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Recent scandals remind us not only of the need for better policing of outright corruption in Congress but of the insidious bond between legislators and the powerful interests from whom they raise the majority of the financial support for their campaigns. It’s time to break that bond. | |
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3/20/2007
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WASHINGTON, DC—Groups representing millions of voters applauded the introduction Tuesday of landmark bipartisan federal campaign finance legislation that would create a voluntary system of public funding for qualifying congressional candidates. | |