Roll Call offers this report ($), which begins: “Amid a steady supply of political scandals and high-profile legislation, campaign finance reform has become a big business during the past decade, complete with hefty six-figure executive salaries and multimillion-dollar budgets for… Continue reading

Jeanne Cummings has written this article for the Politico. CQ Weekly also offers A Waning Season for Making Law. And the Washington Post offers Unpopular Congress enduring tough times.

Project Vote has issued this policy brief.

Rep. Cannon has an opinion.

Former U.S. Rep. from Montana Pat Williams has written this commentary on WRTL for the Helena Independent Record.

See here. Meanwhile, I got a tip (not from Bob) that this proposed rulemaking by the FEC may get the reform community up in arms.

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See here. I would expect the chances of passage to be much lower in the Senate.

Vol. 10, No. 1 of the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy (2006-2007), looks like it has some very interesting articles. You can find the table of contents here, and I’m reprinting it below: Voting Rights Progress in… Continue reading

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John Cochran has written this report for CQ Weekly.

The debate continues all week here. Want more Tom Mann? See here.

Salt Lake City Weekly offers this editorial.

The Politico has this report on the presidential public financing system.