Money
By Mike Surrusco
Posted on Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 08:43:37 AM EST
One of the reforms Common Cause has long advocated for is public financing. The idea is that members of Congress and the administration would no longer have to spend so much time asking people for money and could spend more time doing the business of the country. For
example:
Here's a look at the March fundraising by Bush and Cheney:
March 6 (Cheney): Event for Collier County (Fla.) party
March 6 (Cheney): Event for Rep. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.)
March 9 (Bush): Event for Georgia state GOP
March 13 (Cheney): Event for Wisconsin 8th district candidate John Gard
March 13 (Cheney): Event for Wisconsin GOP's coordinated campaign
March 13 (Cheney): Event for Illinois 6th district candidate Peter Roskam
March 16 (Bush): National Republican Congressional Committee dinner
March 17 (Cheney): Event for South Carolina 5th district candidate Ralph Norman
March 20 (Cheney): Event for Ohio 6th district candidate Chuck Blasdel
March 20 (Cheney): Event for New Jersey Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr.
March 23 (Cheney): Event for Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl
March 24 (Bush): Event for Indiana GOP's coordinated campaign
March 24 (Bush): Event for Indiana Rep. Mike Sodrel
March 24 (Bush): Event for Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum
March 24 (Bush): Event for Pennsylvania GOP's coordinated campaign
March 24 (Cheney): Event for Florida Rep. Ric Keller
March 24 (Cheney): National Republican Congressional Committee dinner
March 27 (Bush): Event for Montana Sen. Conrad Burns
March 27 (Bush): Event for Montana GOP's coordinated campaign
Tags: Government Accountability, public finance, White House (all tags)
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