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Sun Apr 19, 2015, 10:57 AM Apr 2015

Public Citizen’s blogs: fast track, Citizen's United, SEC, consumer protection ...

Here’s the latest from Public Citizen’s blogs. Read, comment and share!

Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Fast Track Mechanism That Faces Broad Congressional, Public Opposition
by Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2015/04/hatch-bill-would-revive-controversial-2002-fast-track-mechanism-that-faces-broad-congressional-publi.html


Hillary’s Support for a Constitutional Amendment Reflects Widespread Recognition That Democracy Is Being Co-Opted By Billionaires and Corporations
by Robert Weissman, Public Citizen president
http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/04/14/hillarys-support-for-a-constitutional-amendment-reflects-widespread-recognition-that-democracy-is-being-co-opted-by-billionaires-and-corporations/


How Corporations Avoid Paying Their Fair Share
by Susan Harley, deputy director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division
http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/04/15/how-corporations-avoid-paying-their-fair-share/

Sen. Ron Johnson's Obamacare Challenge Fails at 7th Circuit
by Scott Michelman, attorney with the Public Citizen Litigation Group
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2015/04/sen-ron-johnsons-obamacare-challenge-fails-at-7th-circuit.html


Public Citizen Urges House to Defeat Bills That Abuse Borrowers
by Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division
http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/04/14/public-citizen-urges-house-to-defeat-bills-that-abuse-borrowers/


Where is Mary Jo White?
(SEC & corporate political funding)
by Emily Myers, intern with Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division
http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/04/13/where-is-mary-jo-white/


Cato and Public Citizen: No Parallel Legal System for Foreign Corporations
by Ben Beachy, research director for Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division, and Simon Lester, trade policy analyst with the Cato Institute
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2015/04/cato-and-public-citizen-no-parallel-legal-system-for-foreign-corporations.html


DOJ's Consumer Protection Branch at Work
by Allison Zieve, director of the Public Citizen Litigation Group
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2015/04/dojs-consumer-protection-branch-at-work.html

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