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SCOTUS Reaffirms Support for Campaign Finance Disclosure
There’s good news this morning from the Supreme Court, which is sticking with its past declarations that campaign finance disclosure requirements are constitutional.
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“Deconstruction of the Administrative State” Means We Lose
Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, called for “deconstruction of the administrative state” at the conservative CPAC conference, on Thursday. What does that actually mean?
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They Did It Before; They’ll Do It Again
We may be missing the forest for the trees in the Russian election hacking story: The Kremlin’s attempt to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is part of a much bigger tale of Russian covert action.
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Pulling Down the Curtain
There’s at least one federal law the FBI apparently is none too eager to abide by. The bureau announced recently that it’s closing down the email address it has provided for journalists and other citizens seeking records it is supposed to make available to the public under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Progress Stalled
While the media were focused on Hillary Clinton's near miss at shattering the ultimate glass ceiling by capturing the White House, years of slow but steady progress for women in congressional and state legislative races also stalled last November.
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New Emails Document Pruitt’s Alliance With Industries He Now Must Regulate
A trove of emails released on Tuesday reaffirms that the Trump administration has given responsibility for the federal government’s fight for clean air and water to what may be the country’s most robust critic of clean air and clean water laws.
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like
It’s loud, even raucous at times and almost none of the participants seem to be enjoying it, but democracy is working across America this week.
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Election Officials Muzzle Proposed Blast at Trump
The men and women responsible for administering American elections have challenged President Trump’s claims that last year’s voting was marred by widespread fraud but they’re apparently unwilling to demand that he stop.
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Ravel Departing FEC With a Challenge to the President
Through nearly four years as a member of the Federal Election Commission, Ann Ravel fought the good fight to rein in the power of big money in politics; she departs with a challenge to President Trump to overhaul the agency by staffing it with commissioners who are serious about enforcing campaign finance laws.
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‘We Will Not Be Ignored’
By now, the town hall meeting in Salt Lake City with Rep. Jason Chaffetz on February 9 is old news. However, having been there, I find that I keep revisiting my impressions.
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Le jour du Président signifie que les législateurs doivent se réunir en mairie
Les représentants et les sénateurs seront de retour dans leurs districts et leurs États la semaine prochaine, alors que le Congrès sera en vacances pour le President's Day ; leur pause est votre opportunité de leur parler directement des questions importantes auxquelles notre démocratie est confrontée.
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Watchdogs Win Suit Seeking Records on EPA Nominee’s Energy Industry Ties
An Oklahoma judge today gave Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, until Tuesday to turn over up to 3,000 state records that document Pruitt’s contacts with energy companies and trade groups.