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“There are approximately zero students that would see a net benefit if this budget were enacted into law,” said Mark Huelsman, senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. [...] “Consolidating or reforming campus-based aid programs is not a bad idea, but at the end of the day students
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Jill Berman
The remarkable advance of same-day registration was not an accident. National organizations, including Demos and Common Cause, and numerous state organizations led the fights in legislatures around the country.
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Miles Rapoport
Democratic lawmakers and liberal interest groups are intensifying their pressure on senators to probe Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s views on campaign finance law during his confirmation hearings next week. [...]
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Kate Ackley
More than 90 percent of voters (including 91 percent of Trump voters) say that it is important for Trump to nominate a Supreme Court justice open to limiting big money in politics.
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Sean McElwee
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera
New York, NY (March 14, 2017) – Today, Demos released a new report entitled Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly from Supreme Court Rulings. The report quantifies for the first time the direct impact of four of the Supreme Court’s most significant money in politics cases on 2016
Press release/statement
Published by public policy organization Demos, Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly from Supreme Court Rulings quantifies for the first time the direct impact of the Supreme Court's four most significant money-in-politics cases, using the highly competitive presidential race, as well
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Lauren McCauley
Whomever is confirmed to the lifetime appointment will have a decisive vote on whose voices carry weight in our democracy.
Blog
Adam Lioz

For four decades, the Supreme Court’s flawed approach to money in politics has gutted common-sense protections against the power of special interests and wealthy individuals. This defies our core democratic values.

Research
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera
Sean McElwee
Senate Judiciary Committee Must Focus on Judge Gorsuch’s Troubling Money-in-Politics Record  Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Chairman Grassley, and Ranking Member Feinstein: As organizations representing tens of millions of Americans, we write to express our
Testimony and Public Comment
 [...] In short, our analysis indicates that Donald Trump successfully leveraged existing resentment towards African Americans in combination with emerging fears of increased racial diversity in America to reshape the presidential electorate, strongly attracting nativists towards Trump and pushing
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Sean McElwee
Jason McDaniel