by MCDC | Oct 27, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Ethics
The American Anti-Corruption Act sets a standard for local, state and federal laws that: Stop the bribery The Act prevents lobbyists from donating to politicians and/or offering them any deals that could influence policymaking. End secret money The Act mandates full...
by MCDC | Oct 26, 2014 | Issues, News
“The Senate may never recover from the bitter paralysis McConnell has inflicted through record filibusters that allow his minority to rule by...
by MCDC | Oct 26, 2014 | Action Alerts, Issues
Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman: “Right now in Wisconsin, you’re not supposed to work seven days in a row, which is a little ridiculous because all sorts of people want to work seven days a week.” He’s proposing legislation that...
by MCDC | Oct 25, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Voter Rights
Dear Editor: I am writing to inform your readers about a grassroots movement known as Wolf Pac. It is the goal of Wolf Pac to give the government back to the people of this great country. According to a July 2012 Gallup Poll almost 90% of Americans are very concerned...
by MCDC | Oct 17, 2014 | Civil Rights, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Satire, Video
Despite passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which requires that men and women in the same work place be given equal pay for equal work, the “gender gap” in pay persists. Full-time women workers’ earnings are only about 77 percent of their male...
by MCDC | Oct 16, 2014 | Civil Rights, Video, Voter Rights
What better way to eliminate the infinitesimal amount of voter fraud in the United States than by disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of people? That is basically what the Republican craze of “voter ID” laws will do. These laws will overwhelmingly impact students,...