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Here's what Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) has to say about the important, bipartisan new bill she introduced with Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA). Learn more about how it will update and improve our outdated money-in-politics laws: kathleenrice.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=452 ... See MoreSee Less

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"...They appear to have received voters’ message. The first major action the new Democratic majority plans to take next year is not the embrace of a left-wing ideological hobby horse, but an ambitious plan to tighten up the nation’s democratic procedures, combat big money in politics and enhance political ethics rules. Senate Republicans may balk at the bill, set to be the first filed in the House next year. But they will have a hard time explaining why.

The plan will be finalized over the coming weeks, but the outlines are becoming clear. Democrats will make the biggest push to fight money in politics since the early 2000s, finally adapting the nation’s rules to the reality ushered in by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. The origins of the dark money sloshing around the political system would have to be disclosed.

If the early indications hold, there would also be a new public financing system for candidates that would amplify the power of small-value donations. Every dollar donated would be matched at a high rate — perhaps 6 to 1 — by public funds if candidates voluntarily submitted to the small-donor program. Local-level experiments with this sort of public financing program have shown promise. If Democrats are to make a statement on how the political system should be working, this is a crucial element of the bill that must remain in the package.

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Opinion | The Democratic House is taking on ethics reform first. We need it.

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Automatic voter registration, ethics reforms and political donations are among the top priorities.

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One thing outgoing Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) won't miss about Congress? Raising money. "It’s terrible, terrible. It is a horrible part of the job and I have done it for a long time," she said....

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Companies Asked a Mississippi Senator to Refund Donations. They Are Still Waiting.

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Some of the nation’s largest businesses asked Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to return campaign donations after she said she would attend a “public hanging.” She is not complying.

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Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law

Automatic voter registration helps make voting easy in Oregon. Plus, 16- and 17-year-olds can register before they turn 18 and can vote.

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