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Date	Title
February 11, 2008	Reflections of a First Amendment Conservative
December 16, 2007	Should the Government Have Authority to Determine What a Campaign Spends Money On?
August 13, 2007	Political Reform Laws Face Sacramento Attacks in Three Stealth Bills
August 06, 2007	Four Years Later, Arnold’s Tonight Show Pledge Rings Hollow
July 05, 2007	AB 1430 IS A MODEST PROPOSAL THAT SHOULD BE PASSED
July 02, 2007	Bill to Gut Local Campaign Finance Laws Blasted by League of Women Voters, Common Cause, and California Clean Money Campaign
June 08, 2007	'CLEAN MONEY' PILOT PROGRAM PASSES FULL ASSEMBLY
June 06, 2007	Mark Leno Ends the Suspense on Clean Money
June 05, 2007	Clean Money and Fair Elections Act to California Assembly Floor
May 03, 2007	Perata Signs on as Coauthor of Clean Money Bill
May 03, 2007	Appropriations Committee Keeps California Clean Money Supporters in Suspense
May 02, 2007	Clean Money Will Work in California--Look at the Details
April 18, 2007	‘CLEAN MONEY’ LEGISLATION CIRCUMVENTS THE FIRST AMENDMENT
April 18, 2007	Pete McCloskey Speaks Truth to Power: Campaign Finance Reform is Back and Passes First Committee
April 12, 2007	Clean Money is NOT the Way to Clean Up California Politics
January 06, 2007	2006: A Year of Growth for Clean Money in California
December 07, 2006	Proponents of Public Funding of Elections Have Work Cut Out for Them According to New PPIC Poll
November 16, 2006	CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM - A SHORT HISTORY AND A MODEST PROPOSAL
November 13, 2006	Do We Give Up on Campaign Finance Reform in California?
November 09, 2006	Prop. 89: We’ve Opened a Door for Reform That Will Never Be Closed
October 20, 2006	"Can Clean Elections Save Our Democracy?" National TV Covers California Clean Money Prop 89 Tonight
October 17, 2006	People Love New Prop 89 Ad "Stop the Pounding"
October 14, 2006	Meet the Press Covering the California Governor and Clean Money Campaigns
September 28, 2006	Opponents of Prop 89 and Clean Money Weave a Tangled Web
September 27, 2006	Support Voters First Pledge Nationally and Prop 89 Here in California
September 20, 2006	New Study Shows Big Donors Wrote $1.7 Billion in “Major Check” Campaign Contributions in California in Last Five Years
September 19, 2006	Who is Afraid of the Big, Bad Nurse? And Why? Prop 89
September 12, 2006	Sneak Preview of Testimony on Exploding Independent Expenditures Before California Assembly Committee.
September 11, 2006	$300 Million in Political Contributions This Year to Date in California! Reason to Support Prop 89
September 07, 2006	Proposition 89: Take the “For Sale” sign off the State Capitol
August 26, 2006	Most of the Money Against Clean Money Initiative Prop 89 Comes from Insurance Companies—Wonder Why?
August 17, 2006	Channel 89 Has Footage From Sacramento Fundraisers
August 11, 2006	Schwarzenegger to Star in New Movie! “Nurses Vs. Arnold: Terminating Political Corruption” Premieres August 24
August 09, 2006	Today’s California News: Exhibit 1 in the Case for Clean Money and Prop 89
August 06, 2006	California Democratic Party is “Neutral” on Prop 89, Clean Money Initiative, Despite Strong Democratic Club Support for the Measure
August 04, 2006	Battle for Soul of California Democratic Party Begins Tonight on Prop 89—Clean Money
August 04, 2006	Schwarzenegger is Left With Defending Dirty Money and Issuing Dirtball Attacks on Angelides Through His Operatives
August 03, 2006	News Flash: Angelides Supports Clean Money Ballot Proposition 89
July 31, 2006	A Load of “Hooey” is Coming Out Against Prop 89: I Say “Get the Money Changers Out of the Temple”
July 26, 2006	California’s Common Cause and League of Women Voters announce support for Proposition 89
July 19, 2006	A Powerful Argument in Today's LA Times for Clean Money and Prop 89
July 13, 2006	Why This Gold Country Democrat Believes Clean Money Politics Is Needed For Democracy in California
June 29, 2006	California Nurses Association Campaign Reform Initiative Not Affected By Recent US Supreme Court Decision
June 26, 2006	It's Official - California to Vote on Clean Elections
June 12, 2006	Independent Spending Tarnishes Golden State Politics
May 18, 2006	Time to Integrate the State Government Bus
May 18, 2006	Clean Money Bill Hindered, but Not Killed in Senate Committee
May 17, 2006	Pictures and More Information on AB 583—Clean Money
May 17, 2006	Hancock's AB 583 on Clean Money Probably Dead, But Has Paved the Way for Nurse's Initiative Measure
May 17, 2006	California Nurses Submitting 600,000 Petitions for November Vote on Clean Money Elections
May 06, 2006	What is it Going to Take to Pass Clean Money in California?
April 26, 2006	Restore Full Funding to Fair Political Practices Commission: What I Am Presenting to Legislature Today
April 21, 2006	Perata Optimistic Clean Money Bill Will Pass With Amendments
April 19, 2006	Notes From California Clean Money Hearing
April 17, 2006	Interesting Insights on California Campaign Finance Reform
April 16, 2006	California Nurses Scrub An Elephant
April 10, 2006	Help Put Clean Money on the November Ballot
April 08, 2006	California Must Join Other States and Run Clean Elections
April 05, 2006	Flash: Perata Supports AB 583, Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform Measure
March 30, 2006	AB 583, California Clean Money Bill Hearing Set on April 19—Action Needed Now!

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