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For Immediate Release: 4/25/13
Shareholder Protection Act Would Restore Responsible Governance to Corporate Political Spending Decisions
Endorsed by 39 Civic Groups, Institutional Investors and Transparency Organizations
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For Immediate Release: 4/23/13
Public Citizen Remembers Common Cause President and Lifelong Public Servant Bob Edgar
Statement of Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, on Passing of Bob Edgar
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For Immediate Release: 4/18/13
Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Came After Limited Federal Safety Oversight of Plant; U.S. Safety Budget Hasn’t Risen to Match Increase in Facilities
Statement of Keith Wrightson, Worker Safety and Health Advocate for Public Citizen's Congress Watch Division
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For Immediate Release: 4/17/13
At Annual Shareholder Meeting, Investors, Good Government Groups, Environmentalists Call on EQT to Refrain from Political Spending
PennPIRG, PennEnvironment, Public Citizen, Keystone Progress, One Pittsburgh, Common Cause PA, University of Pittsburgh students and others held a press conference outside gas drilling company EQT’s annual shareholder meeting today to call on it to end the practice of spending corporate money in elections.
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For Immediate Release: 4/16/13
500,000 Americans Urge SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending
New SEC Chair Mary Jo White should heed public opinion and concerns of investors
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For Immediate Release: 4/16/13
Public Citizen to House Subcommittee: Yes, Dodd-Frank Authorizes Breaking Up Big Banks
Statement of Micah Hauptman, Financial Policy Counsel, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division
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For Immediate Release: 4/12/13
Shame on Congress for Repealing Major Provision of STOCK Act; Obama Should Veto
Statement of Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist, Public Citizen
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For Immediate Release: 4/10/13
Public Citizen Applauds the Maintenance of Vital Programs and Opposes Cutting Entitlements
Obama Budget Boosts Financial Oversight and Workplace Protections, But Makes Cuts to Medicare
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For Immediate Release: 4/4/13
Time to Open the Books on the Political Intelligence Industry
Statement of Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist, Public Citizen
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For Immediate Release: 4/3/13
New Public Citizen Book, ‘Reality Check,’ Makes the Case for Regulations
A book by Public Citizen’s Taylor Lincoln, released today, provides an in-depth look at how deregulation derailed the economy and puts forth a series of case studies that counter allegations made against public protections in recent years.
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