April 16, 2008
Madison - Two wealthy contributors violated the state’s $10,000 annual limit on campaign contributions to state political candidates and committees in 2007 – the second time for each, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review of state campaign finance records shows.
April 09, 2008
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To: All State Senators and Assembly Representatives
From:
Andrea Kaminski, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, (608) 256-0827
Jay Heck, Common Cause in Wisconsin , (608) 256-2686
Mike McCabe , Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, (608) 255-4260
Re: Pass Special Session Senate Bill 1
Posted: March 14, 2008
I’m proud to stand with all of you today because I know you all made a personal sacrifice to be here. None of you are being paid to take part in this, and no one paid to get you here. You are here simply because you care and because you want something done in this building.
Posted: March 13, 2008
Updated: March 26, 2008
Madison - The People’s Legislature rallied today at the Capitol to shine light on the efforts of legislative leaders to run out the clock on the 2007-2008 session, which is ending seven weeks earlier than last session, and the failure of lawmakers to act on a number of high-profile bills with broad public support.
March 4, 2008
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign today began airing a short animated feature on its Web site that parodies the classic 1975 Schoolhouse Rock educational video “I’m Just a Bill.”
Posted: February 28, 2008
Updated: March 4, 2008
The People’s Legislature is planning an “Unfinished Business” rally at the State Capitol on Thursday, March 13, the last day the state Legislature is scheduled to be in session to act on general legislative business.
February 28, 2008
Since mid-February, the country has witnessed a heated debate about which presidential candidates are or are not committed to forgoing private financing of their general election campaigns this fall in favor of participating in the presidential public financing system.
February 26, 2008
Madison - Wisconsin contributors gave a non-election year record $1 million in 2007 to unregulated groups that collect and spend unlimited amounts on negative advertising, mailings and other outside electioneering activities, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows.
February 20, 2008
Madison - Legislators accepted a record $3.86 million in campaign contributions in a non-election year, including more than $2 million in the last half of 2007 when they hobnobbed with special interests at fundraisers while working on the crucial state budget, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows.
February 19, 2008
February 13, 2008
Madison - Nearly all of the largest individual contributions going to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler and his challenger, Michael Gableman are coming from staunch supporters of Republican and Democratic candidates in past partisan races for other statewide offices and the legislature, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows.
February 12, 2008
(Testimony of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign on December 2007 Special Session Senate Bill 1, Senate Bill 12, Senate Bill 25 and Senate Bill 463.)
January 29, 2008
(Wisconsin Democracy Campaign testimony on Senate Bills 182 and 160.)
Presented: January 28, 2008
Posted: February 1, 2008
TO: Government Accountability Board
FROM: Mike McCabe, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
SUBJECT: Invited remarks for January 28, 2008 meeting regarding expectations of GAB
January 14, 2008
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As state lawmakers decide what to make of a special session on campaign finance reform, a new book released today shows how Wisconsin’s political system has grown dysfunctional and how it stacks up against four other states in the Great Lakes region.
January 10, 2008
Thank you for holding this public hearing. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign strongly supports banning campaign fundraising during the state budget process, and with the addition of one amendment we support Assembly Bill 61.
January 3, 2008
Madison - Attorneys who violate rules governing their professional behavior and ethics – or who even fail to pay their annual State Bar dues on time – get stiffer punishment than the penalties being recommended for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler who had economic conflicts of interest in dozens of cases she handled as a circuit court judge, according to a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review.