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"In this situation, where we're dealing with behemoth telecommunication companies, the consumer and the public interest tend to get completely overlooked, and it's all about what's most profitable for this gargantuan entity," says Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, which opposes the merger.

Common Cause President Miles Rapoport marks organization's 44th birthday by rededicating it to the vision of founder John Gardner

A new poll commissioned by Public Citizen shows strong bipartisan support among voters for the “People’s Pledge,” an agreement more candidates are entering to curb the influence of outside spending in their campaigns.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the White House seeking a meeting with the president, former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron warn that rules pending before the Federal Communications Commission “undermine Net Neutrality and imperil the future of the open Internet.”

The American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded nonprofit that promotes a free-market agenda through state legislatures, has spawned an offshoot to press its case through local governments.

A Syracuse Post-Standard editorial criticized New York state’s Board of Elections for using “independent” in the official ballot language describing a proposed commission to redraw legislative lines after each census.