[Texgreen] Strongest Campaign Finance Laws proposed in NY

[Craig MIller]

http://www.commonblog.com/story/2007/1/5/16241/07249#readmore

Spitzer Proposes the Strongest Campaign Finance Laws in the Nation; Public
Financing
By Liam Arbetman
Posted on Fri Jan 05, 2007 at 04:02:41 PM EST

This has been a truly exciting week for government reform in New York.  On
Wednesday New York Governor Eliot Spitzer fresh off of his Monday inaugural
address made his first State of the State address before a joint session of the
New York State Senate and Assembly.  In his 6,000+ word speech Governor Spitzer
laid out an ambitious agenda for his first year in office.  However, before he
got to the tax cuts, education funding, and health care reform the new Governor
laid out an ambitious and ground shattering array of government reforms.  First
among them was a pledge "to replace the weakest campaign finance laws in the
nation with the strongest."   Besides calling for lower limits, closing of
loopholes and limiting contributions from lobbyists he also called for full
public financing.

The Governor didn't stop with campaign finance reform he also called for
lobbying, election, judicial selection, and several other key reforms that
Common Cause and other good government groups have been advocating for decades. 
I should have a clip of the government reform section posted on YouTube by
tomorrow morning.

The good news doesn't end with Spitzer, however. More good news for reform in
New York and Spitzer's full remarks on government reform after the jump....


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