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  Money in Politics

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  Money in Politics

  Healthcare Industry Spending

  The healthcare industry, including HMOs, health professionals, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmaceuticals, contributed $825 million to candidates for federal office from 1990-2008.

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  Money in Politics

  Who gives?

  Fewer than one half of one percent of Americans were responsible for eighty percent of all contributions made to candidates for federal office in 2008.

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  Money in Politics

  Wall Street Spending

  Wall Street campaign contributions to candidates for federal office increased five-fold from $60 million in 1990 to $311 million in 2008.

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  Energy Industry Spending

  Since 1990, the energy industry has invested $500 million in Congressional campaign contributions, receiving government subsidies and polluting our environment at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $250 billion a year.

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Spotlight

• Reform Groups Urge Senators to Support Bill Requiring Electronic Filing of Campaign Finance Disclosure Reports

  Senate candidates still file paper reports.

• ACR Speaks Out About Public Funding in New York State

  National Field Director, Rob Werner, testifies at public hearing

• The Passing of Bob Edgar

  President of Common Cause

• Business Groups Call For Campaign Finance Reform

  ACR To Host Discussion in Albany

• Larry Noble Appears on MSNBC

  Talks about money in politics

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Public Funding

Our Future Depends On It

If you care about the economy, energy independence, health care, education, or the environment, then you know that our government is broken. We’ve all seen troubling examples of Congress’s inability to tackle the difficult decisions our country faces. There’s one underlying reason why our representatives in Washington can’t move off the dime to solve these problems, and that reason is money.

Big money that buys access and influence in Washington dominates our policies and corrupts our politics. The only way to get big money out of politics is to cut politicians’ dependence on big campaign contributions. It all comes down to one solution: public funding. If we don’t act now, our future as a world leader could be in jeopardy.

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