NEW AD
http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/#Americans United, a liberal umbrella group, is expecting "hundreds of protestors" at Veteran's Park on Elm St. in Manchester, NH from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ET. At a press conference Monday afternoon, Americans United unveiled a television ad to air on WMUR during the President's visit Wednesday morning. The ad says it's "time for a change" while urging people to support the Democrats' version of lobbying reform.
Title: "Time"
Time: 60 seconds
Date: January, 2005
Paid for by: Americans United
What time is it in America?
What time is it when oil company lobbyists sit at the White House helping write their own tax breaks…while you stand at the gas pump paying forty dollars to fill your tank?
What time is it when Republican leaders are indicted for money laundering, bribery and obstruction of justice…while political friends get appointed to run life-or-death agencies?
What time is it when the President gives away billions to the drug companies…while cutting healthcare for our seniors?
What time is it?
Time for a change.
The Honest Leadership Act.
· To stop the abuse of power
· End secret meetings with lobbyists
· Ban gifts and trips for Congress
To improve the state of our nation, we must improve the state of our leadership.
The Honest Leadership Act.
Commonsense reforms.
Because it’s time for a change.
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http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/blog.htmlhttp://electionlawblog.org/http://www.electionreformproject.org/http://www.electionreformproject.org/Topic/1/Events/ba601b93-91f6-4f15-86ed-9038893462ed/r1/Detail.aspxBrookings and AEI kickoff their Election Reform Project, which will focus on providing a "bipartisan, practical national policy for election reform," at the offices of the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Sen. Obama delivered the keynote address at 9:15 am ET.
February 08, 2006
Please join us for the launch of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project on Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at 9:00 am in the Falk Auditorium of the Brookings Institution. Following a keynote address by Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill), two expert panels will assess the past and future of election administration. Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar at AEI, and Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will moderate the event.
Sen. Obama will propose the creation of a Senate Ethics Enforcement Committee, made up mostly of judges and former Members of Congress. The outsiders would have the power to initiate investigations and issue subpoenas, but discipline would still be meted out by Congress.
Event Agenda:
Introduction:
Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution
Keynote Address:
The Honorable Barack Obama, United States Senator, Illinois
Panel One: HAVA – How Is It Working?
Moderator:
Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, AEI
Panelists:
Paul DeGregorio, Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Doug Chapin, Director, electionline.org
Honorable Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State
Panel Two: Election Reform – Looking Ahead
Moderator:
Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Panelists:
Michael Alvarez, Professor and Director of the Cal Tech-MIT Voting Technology Project
Richard Hasen, the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Robert Pastor, Executive Director, Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform
Paul Vinovich, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
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