Via The Chicago Sun Times I’m not a big R&B fan, but as a good government watchdog I have to appreciate the O’Jays 1974 classic “For the Love of Money,” about the dangers of pursuing “the almighty dollar.” The song…
Read MoreVia USA Today WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to overhaul and streamline the way the nation’s 435 U.S. House districts are redrawn every decade to reflect population shifts determined by the U.S. Census. “What we see…
Read MoreVia The Wall Street Journal You hear it all the time: Are presidential campaigns getting longer, or do they just seem longer? A new report from the Center for Competitive Politics laid a measuring tape on campaigns from 1952 onward,…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune All you need to run for president these days is a billionaire. Or two. Three is even better, but you can certainly manage with just one. The bottom line is: Presidential campaigns — with the help…
Read MoreVia NPR The price tag for the most expensive penthouses in Manhattan is just edging past $100 million. That’s also the size of contributions given by conservative businessman David Koch and Hollywood mogul David Geffen to Lincoln Center for…
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Read MoreVia YouTube Published on Oct 17, 2012 Our latest explainer video, on the storied history of money in politics. Lyrics Available Here
Read MorePublished on Apr 12, 2013 HipHughes breaks down Campaign Finance Reform and the Citizens United decision from the Supreme Court case “Citizens United vs FEC”
Read MoreVia The Washington Post At one point during the oral argument Tuesday in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Justice Antonin Scalia remarked that he didn’t understand the legislation in question. “This campaign finance law is so intricate…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post THE SUPREME Court has rightly upheld a Florida ethics rule that prohibits judges from personally soliciting campaign contributions. The case involves a lawyer, Lanell Williams-Yulee, who in 2009 sent out a letter announcing her candidacy for a county…
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