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IRS Scandal Highlights Need for Increased Transparency in Campaign Financing

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
By | Bruce Speight
Director

The public has long agreed that transparency in campaign spending is critical to the integrity of our democracy. The Supreme Court acknowledged this common-sense proposition in its notorious 2010 Citizens United decision: even as they opened the door for dark money to enter our elections by allowing all corporations, including nonprofits, to spend directly on elections, the majority of Justices reaffirmed the long-standing notion that the identity of campaign donors must be disclosed.
 

The Supreme Court and the High Cost of Prescription Drugs

Thursday, March 28, 2013
By | Bruce Speight
Director

Everyone knows prescription drugs cost more than they should.  But I find many people are surprised to learn about one of the key ways drug companies keep prices high:  Paying off competitors to keep generics off the market.

 

Senators Hold CFPB Director Hostage, Roil Markets

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director

On Feb 1, 43 Senate Republicans -- as they did in the last Congress -- again sent the President a letter saying they would not confirm Richard Cordray to a full term as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director unless the agency's powers and independence were first gutted. Their intransigence means more market uncertainty that further delays recovery from the Wall Street-induced worldwide economic collapse of 2008. It also ignores the views of a growing number of responsible financial industry leaders who know at least three things the Senators either don't know or don't care about.

Call on the WI Legislature to Put it to the People on Citizens United

Monday, January 28, 2013
By | Joe Rasmussen
Program Associate

Citizens United is undermining the very principals of our democracy.

Click Here to demand a people's referendum so that the people of WI can vote on this issue.

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