Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Mulvaney: "Bankers should pay up to talk to Congress"

http://www.newsweek.com/mick-mulvaney-warns-bankers-i-only-spoke-lobbyists-who-paid-me-900303

 

Pres. Trumps’s budget direct AND interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a group of bankers that they have to pay up to get their way in Congress.

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

SCOTUS will hear Texas racial gerrymandering case

https://www.brennancenter.org/legal-work/perez-v-perry

 

U. S. District Court found 2 Texas districting plans to be unconstitutionally and unlawfully biased. State has appealed to Supreme Court and oral arguments will be heard on April 24, 2018.

 

Charlie Cooper

H: 410-578-8291

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

"End Citizens United" is undermining the money in politics movement

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/end-citizens-united-pac-campaign-finance-reform_us_570e5308e4b0ffa5937da409

 

This group mainly enriches fundraising operatives. It gives money to any Democratic candidate who will sign a questionnaire, regardless of their real record for campaign finance reform.

 

Charlie Cooper

H: 410-578-8291

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Saturday, April 7, 2018

MD passes nation's first online political advertising bill

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-facebook-ads-20180406-story.html

 

Although not mentioned in the article, Get Money Out advocated for this bill for over two years and worked closely with the House sponsor, Del. Alonzo Washington.

 

Charlie Cooper

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis