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Good News – And a Cautionary Note – On Elections From Illinois
There are two important pieces of voting news coming out of Illinois today, one good and the other ominous.
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Trump Order on Religious Freedom Is Less Than It Appears
President Trump demonstrated again today that alchemy, of the political variety at least, is among his hidden talents.
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Read the Bill? Who Has Time for That?
Americans deserve transparency from our government, especially when our healthcare and financial well-being is at stake. But Republican leaders in the House of Representatives seem to favor rushing a vote to repeal Obamacare over transparency and accountability.
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Common Cause Wisconsin Joins Panel to Discuss an End to Gerrymandering
Common Cause Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck joined University of Wisconsin Political Science Professor David Canon and John Nichols of The Nation and The Capital Times to discuss gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Organizing For Action sponsored the event, which attracted a full house at the Alicia Ashman Library in Madison. Common Cause Wisconsin also sponsored the event along with Fair Elections Project, Indivisible Madison, and Citizen Action.
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Woman Could Be Jailed After Giggling at Sessions Hearing
It’s no laughing matter. A woman who police arrested for laughing out loud during January’s confirmation hearing for Attorney General Jeff Sessions was convicted Wednesday of “disorderly and disruptive conduct” that was intended to ‘impede, disrupt, and disturb the orderly conduct’ of congressional proceedings.”
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New Spending Bill Makes Lawbreaking Easy for Government Contractors
Six hundred twelve pages into the 1,665-page bill that will keep our government open until September lurks a sentence that will make Congress and the president – assuming he signs it – partners in corrupting our elections and government contracting process
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At the Hundred Day Mark, Russia Probe More Important Than Ever
The failure of congressional leaders to staff an independent investigation is fast becoming the only question in Washington that matters. What will it take for Congress to make the Russia investigation the priority the American people believe it deserves?
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‘State of the Swamp’ Spotlights Trump Team’s Ethical Blindness
New Common Cause report reviews Trump's first 100 days, points the way to clean up the administration's ethical lapses.
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Friends Remember Benjamin Barber, Tireless Advocate for Democracy
There is sad news this morning out of New York: Benjamin Barber, a brilliant political theorist and former longtime member of Common Cause’s National Governing Board, has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Trendsetting States Setting a Bad Example
Iowa and New Hampshire set the trends for presidential elections.Let’s hope that their influence does not extend to election laws.
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Senate Committee’s Russia-Trump Probe Stalls Out
Just a few weeks ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee looked like the best hope for those of us holding out hope that Congress might conduct a serious investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. No more.
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A New Weapon Against Fake News
PolitiFact, a nonprofit news organization, has launched an online almanac to identify "fake news" websites