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El New York Times se suma a la lucha contra la manipulación partidista de los distritos electorales
El New York Times se suma a la lucha de Common Cause contra la manipulación partidista de los distritos electorales. En un editorial publicado esta mañana, el periódico sostiene que los votantes deberían elegir a sus representantes, no al revés.
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Net Neutrality: No 21st Century Democracy Without It
Ajit Pai, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears all too ready to deliver the open internet on a silver platter to the highest bidders.
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Nevada Joins the March to Overturn Citizens United
Nevada on Thursday became the 19th state to formally call on Congress to pass a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and permit Congress and state legislatures to put sensible limits on political spending.
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Forum Spotlights Trump Administration’s Ethics Deficit
American democracy is becoming a money-making enterprise for wealthy private interests and possibly Russians, according to a panel of lawmakers and public interest advocates who spoke at a press briefing and forum on Capitol Hill this morning.
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Candidato ataca a periodista y conmociona campaña en Montana
Una elección especial para el Congreso que se celebra hoy en Montana se ha convertido de repente en una prueba de la devoción de los estadounidenses a la libertad de prensa y a la tolerancia hacia la persistencia periodística.
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Trump Commission Aims to Limit Voting, Senator Charges
President Trump’s establishment of the Presidential Commission on Voter Integrity is “a futile attempt to justify… groundless claims that millions of people voted illegally, and a pretext for future suppression,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-DE, told a Washington forum on Wednesday.
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Faces of Common Cause: Cornell William Brooks, National Governing Board
It’s a clich, but life is often about the journey, not the destination. That’s certainly true of Cornell William Brooks, a distinguished member of our National Governing Board.
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Trump Hotels Not Tracking Payments from Foreign Governments
Remember when Donald Trump promised that during his presidency any profits his hotels gain through business with foreign governments would be donated to the U.S. Treasury? Apparently, he doesn’t.
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Drip, Drip, Drip…
The nation’s top intelligence officer is ducking questions this morning about whether President Trump asked him to declare publicly that there’s no evidence that the Trump for President campaign colluded with Russian agents attempting to disrupt last year’s U.S. election.
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Women Face Political Obstacles, but Can Overcome Them
Two women who’ve seen firsthand the institutional and structural barriers that confront women running for political office - and have demonstrated that those barriers can be overcome - shared their insights on women in politics this morning with an audience of politically minded women.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down North Carolina Redistricting
The Supreme Court gave voting rights activists in North Carolina an important victory this morning, upholding a lower court ruling that the state legislature packed African-American voters into two congressional districts in an effort to dilute their voting strength elsewhere.
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Another Wall?
The Trump administration is walling off more information from public scrutiny, telling the government’s internal ethics watchdog to stop asking for copies of ethics waivers the president has issued to former lobbyists now working for federal agencies.