3 - The Piper

Party of One

Try to imagine a world where corporations don't run Washington. We can't either.

Most Americans think money plays too big a role in US politics. So where's the bipartisan support for legislating a new path forward? And if the Dems and the GOP aren't going to fix this, how can we? When will cash take a back seat to real human voters? We’re dumpster diving deep into the pockets of one of the richest congresses in US history and finding out just how far both parties will go to ensure that sweet green speaks louder than you.

Special thanks to guests Peter Overby, Lawrence Lessig, and Ellen Moorhouse.

From Maffick Podcasts, Party of One. Written, hosted, and produced by Amanda Getty and Gregory Haddock. Theme song by Jonathan Hurley. Production assistance by Ryan Wentz.

Notes:

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/05/682286587/house-democrats-introduce-anti-corruption-bill-as-symbolic-first-act

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/701248576/democrats-election-reform-bill-takes-aim-at-dark-money

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/embrace-irony

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/cost-of-2020-election-14billion-update/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/01/ronna-mcdaniel/yes-aclu-has-criticized-hr-1-heres-why/

https://cha.house.gov/sites/democrats.cha.house.gov/files/documents/committee_docs/H.R.%201_Sarbanes_Section-by-Section_FINAL.pdf

https://act.represent.us/sign/money-politics-problem/

https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-letter-house-rules-committee-hr-1

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/08/most-americans-want-to-limit-campaign-spending-say-big-donors-have-greater-political-influence/

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:26%20section:9033%20edition:prelim)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr1%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=1#toc-H0C72CA940E684A0986583236950CC71E

https://truthout.org/articles/house-rejects-cori-bushs-amendment-on-voting-rights-for-incarcerated-people/

https://www.newsweek.com/which-countries-felons-vote-1405142

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:52%20section:30116%20edition:prelim)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-s-hr1-bill-a-blatant-power-grab-for-democrats/ar-BB1ekEx0

https://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A2Sec1.html

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/04/hr1-voting-reform-for-the-people-house/

https://www.gp.org/hr1

https://peoplesparty.org/response-hr1/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/activists-want-to-save-voting-rights-bill-by-killing-the-filibuster/ar-BB1eh6Zj

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30116

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everyone-knows-money-influences-politics-except-scientists/

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2013/10/25/lobbying-money-does-not-buy-policy/

https://ballotpedia.org/SpeechNOW.org_v._Federal_Election_Commission

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/720050070/democrats-want-to-end-dark-money-but-first-they-want-to-use-it

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview