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| Welcome from Aryndel Lamb-Marsh, president of Berkeley Common Cause. We are currently working hard to do our part to make government more responsive to the people who elect it. Our current campaigns include creating a student city council district in Berkeley, so that students can be represented in local government by having one of our own to represent us on the council. We are also working to pass online and same-day voter registration in California. If you're interested in our issues and want to participate, you are very welcome to join us. If you have any questions, do feel free to contact me at info@berkeleycommoncause.org. |
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4/29 - Speak Up CA (with California Forward)
Do you want to see a path forward to fix California, and end the ongoing California budget problems that means constant cuts for public education?
Learn more about the problem and solutions and have a chance to discuss your own solutions at Speak Up CA.
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Common Cause Blog |
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Common Cause - Holding Power Accountable
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Ezra Klein on Filibuster Abuse |
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May 18th, 2012 08:11 AM |
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The filibuster didn't use to be this way, isn't the way the founders' intended, and has been deliberately abused by the minority.
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Is Reversing Citizens United a Priority? |
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May 18th, 2012 07:36 AM |
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Some voters don't think reversing Citizens United is a big priority. In fact, they see it as a distraction from the real issues facing the country.
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Say No to a Favored Class, Gov. Hickenlooper |
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May 17th, 2012 10:32 AM |
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has a pile of bills waiting on his desk destined to become law or be vetoed. A coalition of us in Colorado is asking him to veto one of them, a bill (HB12-1036) that if it becomes law would create a favored political class within our open records law. One of our [...]
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Junk the Filibuster, a Towering Obstacle to Progress |
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May 17th, 2012 09:35 AM |
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Ezra Klein and Sen. Tom Udall talk with Chris Matthews about the filibuster problem in the Senate.
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Fracking in LA |
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May 16th, 2012 03:50 PM |
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Despite warnings, protests and downright scary images from news reports where citizens near wells can literally set their faucet water on fire, fracking is not slowing down.
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ALEC and the Corporate Takeover of America: It’s Your Job to Fix It |
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May 16th, 2012 11:45 AM |
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If you do not act against ALEC by showing your local representative that this kind of behavior will lose your vote, then you, and you alone, are responsible for everything
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Appeals Court: Funders of Electioneering Communications Must be Revealed |
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May 16th, 2012 06:56 AM |
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New disclosure ruling means nonprofit groups like the Chamber of Commerce, Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA that want to run political ads right before an election will have to disclose their donors.
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Rhode Island Still Revolutionary |
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May 15th, 2012 07:53 PM |
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Unlike the 1770s, we didn’t need to burn a ship to get people excited about this resolution. Rather, it just took actual citizens to speak up and attempt to throw off the yoke of this corrupting influence.
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Common Cause calls on Attorney General Swanson to Investigate ALEC |
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May 15th, 2012 10:37 AM |
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Today, Common Cause Minnesota field two major complaints against the American Legislative Exchange Council’s activities in Minnesota. The first complaint was filed with the Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson and alleges that ALEC has engaged in false and deceptive practices. The second complaint was filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board alleging [...]
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Why We’re Suing the Senate Over the Filibuster |
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May 14th, 2012 10:57 PM |
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In today’s Senate, it’s the few who are running roughshod over the American people. If the Senate won’t address the problem, the courts must.
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