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Media & Democracy 09.25.2014

Common Cause Demands Apology from Comcast

Suggestions by Comcast that Common Cause sought favorable treatment and offered to drop its opposition to the company's merger with Time Warner Cable are unfounded.

Yelp, Another Internet Mainstay, Leaves ALEC

Internet powerhouse Yelp, which specializes in helping consumers find products and services in their communities, confirmed Wednesday that it has found its way out of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Money & Influence 09.22.2014

Wal-Mart Running Illegal Pac Scheme, Watchdog Groups and Employees Charge in FEC Complaint

Wal-Mart is running an illegal scheme to prod employees into contributing to its political action committee, circumventing a federal law that bars companies from putting corporate funds into political campaigns, Public Citizen, Common Cause and two Wal-Mart employees and shareholders charged today.

Money & Influence 09.18.2014

Statement on Introduction of Bipartisan Political Intelligence Transparency Act

Common Cause Statement on Introduction of Bipartisan Political Intelligence Transparency Act

Voting & Elections 09.12.2014

Common Cause Promises Intensified Voter Registration, Turnout Effort After Court Reinstates Wisconsin Voter ID Law

A federal appeals court decision reinstating Wisconsin’s Voter ID law places an unneeded and unjustified obstacle in the path of thousands of Badger State voters, Common Cause said Friday.

Money & Influence 09.11.2014

Statement by Miles Rapoport on Today’s Vote on the Democracy for All Amendment, S.J. Res 19.

Opponents of the Democracy for All Amendment have spent the past three days arguing that the amendment is a dangerous attack on the First Amendment. Their votes today expose them as the real opponents of free speech, maintaining a system that lets a few wealthy Americans drown out the voices of millions of their fellow citizens.

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