July 29, 2010
Job Opening: Social Media Maven
Change Congress is hiring A SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN Read More »
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June 29, 2010
First quarter lobbying reports: Millions spent to influence Congress
Health care, energy, defense, and financial services sectors spend millions to lobby Congress. Read More »
June 28, 2010
The Next Few Weeks
By: Lawrence Lessig
I'll be offline for the next few weeks as I take some time away with my family. But while I'm away, the work of Change Congress will continue. Read More »
June 23, 2010
Lessig Raises Awareness for Fair Elections in Raleigh
Didn't get to see Lawrence Lessig in Raleigh yesterday? Recap and pictures of the events after the jump. Read More »
June 19, 2010
DISCLOSE Act: We’re making a difference
Earlier this week, we joined over fifty other organizations in opposition to the DISCLOSE Act. In a letter sent to Speaker Pelosi, we expressed our concern over the exemptions that were added after pressure from select special interest groups. Download the letter after the jump. Read More »
June 19, 2010
Join Lawrence Lessig in North Carolina
By: Monica Walsh
Lawrence Lessig is coming to Raleigh next week, and you're invited to come hear him speak. Read More »
June 18, 2010
Influence of special interests in Congress weakens the DISCLOSE Act
Congress has had a hard time reigning in the influence of special interest money in Congress. This influence has now compromised the DISCLOSE Act. Read More »
June 17, 2010
Donations Made Before Key Financial Vote Prompt Ethics Investigation
The Office of Congressional Ethics recently launched an investigation calling into question the timing of campaign donations to eight key members of the House Financial Services and Ways and Means committees. Of these eight, three held fundraisers just days before the December 11th House vote on the financial regulation reform bill. Read More »
June 17, 2010
Adding Pathetic To Puny
By: Lawrence Lessig
Today's piece in the Huffington Post on why we're joining others to oppose the DISCLOSE Act Read More »
June 15, 2010
Take Action
The latest from CallaConvention.org, Change Congress' project to amend the Constitution. Read More »
June 14, 2010
My testimony
By: Lawrence Lessig
The latest from CallaConvention.org, Change Congress' project to amend the Constitution. Read More »
June 09, 2010
Supreme Court blocks clean elections in Arizona
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court again sided with corporations and lobbyists over voters by blocking Arizona's decade old clean elections law. Read More »
June 01, 2010
Rhode Island is leading the way
The latest from CallaConvention.org, Change Congress's project to amend the Constitution Read More »
May 26, 2010
Lobbyists continue to weaken Financial Reform bill
The banking and credit industries' assault on the Financial Reform bill is rolling on as an army of lobbyists presses Senators to vote in their favor. Their latest victory: a 35–60 defeat of an amendment that would have allowed states to cap interest rates to protect their citizens from usurious creditors. Read More »
May 24, 2010
Join me in New Hampshire
By: Lawrence Lessig
This Thursday I am giving a lecture at Dartmouth College, and I wanted to invite you to attend. Read More »
May 20, 2010
Congress Says Goodbye to $2 Million
By: Steve Kirsch
After just one week, people all across the country have promised to withhold nearly $2 million from Congress members who refuse to support the Fair Elections Now Act. Read More »
May 14, 2010
Support reform, receive half as much money in return
Yesterday, MAPLight.org reported that five Senate Republicans who supported a measure to end predatory loan practices received half as much money from the mortgage brokerage industry as party members who refused to back the measure. Read More »
May 12, 2010
Today we launch the Funders Pledge
By: Lawrence Lessig
Today, FixCongressFirst.org is launching an effort to build the biggest lobby in the history of American politics—one that will beat out Exxon Mobile, SEIU, and the NRA for influence and remake Washington in its own image. Who are these shadowy powerbrokers going to be, exactly? You and me—we the people. Read More »
May 04, 2010
Tonight: Casino Jack panel
Tonight at 9pm Eastern, Change Congress member Mark McKinnon will be joining other experts on a panel to discuss the new film Casino Jack, that tells the story of Jack Abramoff and the economy of influence in Washington, D.C. You can watch the livestream here, after the jump.... Read More »
April 26, 2010
This is exactly why we need to Change Congress
By: Lawrence Lessig
Scott Brown, Massachusetts' new senator, opposes legislation in Congress that would strengthen regulations for Wall Street. But when a reporter recently asked him why he's against this bill, Brown couldn't give an answer. He's against financial reform, but he has no idea why. Read More »
Organize!
Call a Convention
Passing the Fair Elections Now Act is an essential first step toward restoring trust in our democracy. But if we want to guarantee that nothing will stand in the way of fundamental reform, then we have to write this reform into our founding document, the Constitution itself. Learn more.
