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Money & Influence 11.22.2017

Anonymous Donor Footed Most of the Bill For Gorsuch Confirmation

A single, anonymous donor provided nearly $28.5 million last year to help support the campaign behind the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Richard Stanley, Longtime Common Cause Supporter and Board Member, Has Died

There is sad news for the Common Cause family today from Iowa, where longtime democracy activist and former Common Cause National Governing Board member Richard H. Stanley has died.

Media & Democracy 11.21.2017

Net Neutrality Is On the Chopping Block

If Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission gets his way, some of your favorite websites may be slowed to a crawl or even blocked entirely by your internet provider.

Voting & Elections 11.20.2017

Harvard Study Warns Campaigns to Guard Against Cyberattacks

A bipartisan group of political operatives and cybersecurity experts is out today with a “Cybersecurity Campaign Playbook,” designed to protect political candidates against electronic hacking – foreign or domestic.

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