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Neutralité du Net
Plus de 80 % des Américains sont favorables à une réglementation qui permettrait à Internet de rester ouvert à tous. Mais la neutralité du Net ne tient qu’à un fil : les géants des télécommunications et le lobby anti-neutralité du Net ont dépensé plus de 142,8 millions de livres sterling pour les élections de 2014 afin d’élire des candidats qui leur donneraient carte blanche pour éliminer d’importantes protections des consommateurs et établir des voies rapides et lentes en ligne.
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Moving Forward
The Citizens United decision and the massive amount of money it has brought into American politics has led to a government that is no longer of, by or for the people, but instead works for those who can write the biggest campaign checks.
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Minimum Wage
More than 70 percent percent of Americans support an increase in the national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. But minimum wage legislation is frozen in Congress. Part of the reason is big political spending by low-paying employers. In the 2014 cycle, Walmart alone spent $14.8 million on political contributions and lobbying. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent over $35 million in independent expenditures.
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Gun Control
While 90 percent of Americans support background checks, and even as the massacres at Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook Elementary School stunned the nation and spurred calls for sensible gun controls, the National Rifle Association spent more than $31.4 million during the 2014 election cycle in a successful drive to stave off reform.
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Climate Change
Floods and droughts are now devastating large areas of America, providing more evidence of the disastrous impact of climate change. But legislation to attack the buildup of carbon in our atmosphere has stalled as the energy sector has poured money into our elections, spending nearly $100 million just on the 2014 elections. That total doesn't include millions more invested by fossil fuel-backed "dark money" groups that conceal their donors. This is despite the fact that two-thirds of Americans acknowledge climate change is a problem.
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5 Years After Citizens United, We Ask: Whose Government? Whose Voice?
Next week marks the 5th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic – and historically flawed – decision in Citizens United v. FEC decision that declared special interest groups have a right to spend as much as they wish to influence elections.
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ALEC’s War On Democracy
Our democracy is in serious trouble -- corporations and wealthy individuals are pumping unprecedented amounts of money into our system through secretive outside groups to buy more political power for themselves. And ALEC, the shadowy corporate lobby group, is doing everything they can to keep it that way.
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The Biggest FCC Vote Ever
The FCC is gearing up to vote on net neutrality at its February meeting
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Comcast’s war on net neutrality
I spoke with Thom Hartmann about the telecom industry's attacks on a free and open internet
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Les faits marquants de Common Cause en 2014
Ce fut une année passionnante pour Common Cause, avec un nouveau président et un sens renouvelé de la mission. 2014 a été une année de croissance ainsi qu’une année de transition, et une Common Cause revitalisée est prête à assumer un rôle de leadership renforcé au niveau national et au niveau des États sur nos questions fondamentales que sont l’argent en politique, le vote et les élections, les médias et la démocratie et l’éthique au sein du gouvernement. Dans le même temps, nous élargissons notre vision, nous mettant au défi d’examiner le lien entre les inégalités économiques et raciales et le dysfonctionnement de la démocratie.
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Common Cause on 60 Minutes
Last night, 60 Minutes profiled retiring Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). A physician by training, Sen. Coburn is known by many as “Dr. No” for his relentless record of blocking debate on proposed bills that he opposes.
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It’s back, baby! – The Election Assistance Commission
Formed in 2000 by the Help America Vote Act, the Election Assistance Commission was put in place to avoid another Florida-style debacle – the kind where the words “hanging chads” reverberated in Americans’ minds well past the presidential election.
