Ezra Klein on Filibuster Abuse

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?

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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Junk the Filibuster, a Towering Obstacle to Progress

Ezra Klein and Sen. Tom Udall talk with Chris Matthews about the filibuster problem in the Senate.

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Say No to a Favored Class, Gov. Hickenlooper

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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Fracking in LA

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

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

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

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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