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2010-06-16
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This week the United States Congress has created an exemption to the DISCLOSE Act that would only benefit one of the largest organizations that spends money on campaigns in the US, The National Rifle Association. The DISCLOSE Act is intended to remedy the “Citizens United” case that now allows corporations to spend unlimited money to run ads advocating for or against political candidates. | |
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2010-06-14
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Sacramento, CA— Groups concerned about the influence of corporate money in politics held a press conference today in support of the Shareholder Protection Act by Assemblymember Pedro Nava. The bill would require corporations to let their shareholders opt out of having their money spent on political campaigns. | |
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2010-05-18
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CALPIRG recommends voting yes on Prop 15, a measure to get special interest funding out of the Secretary of State’s race in California. | |
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2010-05-04
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New In The Public Interest Column on the Huffington Post from Lisa Gilbert, Democracy Advocate, Published this Afternoon | |
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2010-04-29
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Thursday saw the introduction of the long-awaited Schumer-Van Hollen legislative reaction to the Supreme Court’s disastrous ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. | |
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2010-04-15
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Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) and the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) announced today the introduction of the Corporate Political Expenditure Accountability Act. The measure will hold corporations accountable to shareholders for political expenditures. | |
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2009-05-06
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A new CALPIRG Education Fund study estimated that over $33,467,910.00 of public money from 100 counties was spent on simple registration implementation and error-correction issues in 2008. | |
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2008-03-11
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The House of Representatives voted tonight to establish an independent Office of Congressional Ethics.
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2008-02-21
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CALPIRG released its scorecard today for the 120 members of the California legislature. Eleven Assembly members and fourteen Senators received an “A†for scores between 90% and 100%. | |
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2007-08-02
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Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate was a terrific win for the American people. Following the House action earlier this week, the landmark bill now heads to the President’s desk where we expect he will sign the bill.
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2007-05-24
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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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2007-02-07
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Legislators Judged by Public Interest Votes | |
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2007-02-02
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The states are far ahead of Congress in establishing independent ethics enforcement for legislators according to a study released today by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). | |
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2007-01-04
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Statement of Gary Kalman, CALPIRG Democracy Advocate | |
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2006-11-08
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New Voters Project Contacts 22,000 Community College and CSU students in LA and Orange County | |
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2006-08-16
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Statement of Steve Blackledge on the Senate Passage of Redistricting Reform, SCA 3 | |
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2006-08-07
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Statement of Steve Blackledge, CALPIRG Legislative Director, at railroad museum event on government reform held by the Angelides campaign | |
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2006-01-19
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Legislators Judged by their Votes to Protect Consumers | |
