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Corruption Watchdog United Republic Calls on Romney and Obama to Immediately Release Reform Agendas
WASHINGTON – Late last night, the Obama campaign announced that it would support the work of Priorities USA, a super PAC supporting Obama’s candidacy. Super PACs are “non-campaign” organizations that... Read full article »Anti-Corruption Blog Launches Today
WASHINGTON – Today, the watchdog group United Republic announced the launch of Republic Report, a multimedia muckraking blog dedicated to exposing the corrupting influence of money in politics. Written by... Read full article »Super PAC Disclosures Are Too Little, Too Late
WASHINGTON – Today the watchdog group United Republic issued the following statement about just-released super PAC funding reports. Super PACs, organizations that can raise and spend unlimited amounts to influence... Read full article »Gingrich, Romney To Be Feted Today By Corporate Lobbyists, Super PACs
WASHINGTON — Today, both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are scheduled to speak to the Hispanic Leadership Network in Miami. HLN is funded by a number of corporate interests, and... Read full article »Adelson Family to Donate Another $5 Million to Gingrich Super PAC
WASHINGTON – Last night, The Las Vegas Sun reported that Dr. Miriam Adelson, wife of billionaire Sheldon Adelson, will donate $5 million to a “super PAC” supporting Newt Gingrich. Combined,... Read full article »Recent Op-Eds
How Congress Can Get Its Mojo Back
Dear Congress, I grew up watching politics the way most guys watch sports. I learned about the different teams, the players, the coaches, the history of the game. As I... Read full article »How to Still the Fundraising Hamster Wheel
You know there's too much money in politics. You know business showers money on congressional representatives who vote their way. You may not realize that U.S. representatives deliberately play coy... Read full article »60 Day Countdown Call to Action
July 17, 2012 is the date set for the hearing to examine pending constitutional proposals to remedy the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy... Read full article »Getting Things Done – the United Republic Edition
The entire reason for United Republic’s existence is made plain on its front page: we are here to Get Money Out of Politics. The primary source of money in politics is... Read full article »Wall Street and Their Purchased Representatives
How is it that two years after passage of the much acclaimed Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform (four years after economic crash), Too Big To Fail (TBTF) institutions are not only... Read full article »Why We Fight
“The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for the... Read full article »Join Our Media List
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The 2012 presidential election is still months away, but this...
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Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped bring...
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