I think the panelists behind us, the architects of the concept in the bill, will be better able to explain...
I think, number one, 73 percent of Americans feel that Members of Congress are unnecessarily influenced by special interests and their campa...
These are bills--and I know that the committee is aware of this--that other thoughtful Members like John Tierney and Dave Obey have introduc...
What it seeks to do, I think, is end the corrosive part of this process and then provide an opportunity to put the public back in charge.
It is to create an opportunity for a person in a district that maybe doesn't have the contacts...
What I meant by that was the entire approach ends up being corrosive. What is it corroding? It is corroding the democracy.
It is completely unacceptable to the public on the outside. It allows for too much influence, whether we choose it or not, of outside money.
Would we be struggling this week to figure out how to put together a health-care bill?
Seventy-three percent of Americans believe that campaign contributions from the banking industry have played a major factor in the recent fi...
Again, as you look at this both in terms of the amount of money that you would be able to raise in a primary and then as the amount of money...
The Fair Elections Now Act is voluntary and would provide qualified House candidates grants, matching funds, and vouchers.