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Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Fast Track Mechanism That Faces Broad Congressional, Public Opposition
by Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizens 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
Hillarys 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 Citizens 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 Citizens 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 Citizens 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 Citizens 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