The Fight to Reform Campaign Finance Laws Continues (Blog) 5/9/2013 There is a lot of work to be done as we march forward to reform our campaign finance system. Legislatively, bills have been introduced in both the U.…
Let’s get a State of the Union BINGO for LWV policy priorities! (Blog) 2/5/2013 Next Tuesday, February 12th, President Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union (SOTU) address, which will outline his key priorities for the…
It’s Time to Fix our Fiscal Policy (Blog) 11/30/2012 January 1, 2013 is the deadline for our financial future. At that time, taxes will go up for every American and steep cuts to government programs…
Who Pays for the Parties? (Blog) 9/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published as part of the Huffington Post's Shadow Convention discussion on money in politics and on my…
Support for the DISCLOSE Act across the country (Blog) 7/13/2012 On Monday, the DISCLOSE Act will come to the floor of the U.S. Senate. We’ve been working hard to ensure that it overcomes the procedural…
Supreme Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Citizens United (Blog) 6/25/2012 The Court's decision today in a pivotal campaign finance case has repeated its naïve, uninformed errors from its Citizens United decision. The…
Money in Elections – What the League is Doing (Blog) 5/3/2012 We are all aware that the huge amount of special interest money, particularly in federal races, has been a problem for years. We also know that these…
Time is now for disclosure: Why the League supports the DISCLOSE Act (Blog) 3/29/2012 Today, a Senate Committee takes up the issue of money in politics, specifically, whether we need disclosure of who is spending vast amounts of money…