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• Latest Action: Aug 22, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

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• Committee Assignment: House Financial Services

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• Committee Assignment: House Financial Services - Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises

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• Common Cause

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• People for the American Way

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• Public Campaign

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• Service Employees International Union

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• Greenpeace

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• Public Citizen

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• Sunlight Foundation

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• League of Conservation Voters

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• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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• Friends of the Earth

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• National Consumers League

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• Center for Corporate Policy

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• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

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• Chesapeake Climate Action Network

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• Democracy 21

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• Citizen Advocacy Center

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• Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

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• Center for Media and Democracy

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• US PIRG

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• Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

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• Ohio Citizen Action

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• Corporate Ethics International

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• Heartland Democracy

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• Michigan Campaign Finance Network

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• Corporate Reform Coalition

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• Citizen Works

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• Corporate Accountability International

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• Coffee Party USA

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• Free Speech for People

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• Holy Cross International Justice Office

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• Illinois Campaign for Political Reform

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• Krull and Company

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• NorthStar Asset Management

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• Progressive States Network

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• Social Equity Group

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• Strategic Counsel on Corporate Accountability

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• West Virginia Citizen Action

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• Zevin Asset Management

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• Democrats.com

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• Demos

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• Brennan Center for Justice at NYU

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Opposing Organizations

• Center for Competitive Politics

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• Institute for Justice

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• Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation: House Leaders Urge ... - May 30, 2012 by James Hamilton - Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ...

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  As noted by James Hamilton on May 30, 2012, "Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ..." (/url?q=http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/house-leaders-urge-sec-to-adopt.html&sa=U&ei=LBjOT9SfIObm2AWRi-nUDA&ved=0CDUQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNHTTp5XAmrR_onSR-dA5fK5a_ijrQ)
• Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation: House Leaders Urge ... - May 30, 2012 by James Hamilton - Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ...

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  As noted by James Hamilton on May 30, 2012, "Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ..." (/url?q=http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/house-leaders-urge-sec-to-adopt.html&sa=U&ei=i9rMT--RIoeU2QXLsq3tCw&ved=0CDUQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNEvZpiODFyTyvFi7zYggMZuh0E_Aw)
• Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation: House Leaders Urge ... - May 30, 2012 by James Hamilton - Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ...

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  As noted by James Hamilton on May 30, 2012, "Rep. Capuano has introduced legislation requiring the SEC to implement through regulation a shareholder vote authorizing corporate political spending. Under the process set up in H.R. 2517, the Shareholder Protection Act, ..." (/url?q=http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/house-leaders-urge-sec-to-adopt.html&sa=U&ei=jXrLT5C_HeGq2QWovKDaCw&ved=0CDUQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNHW32AVd5BqI5pUnm5eUoATosL8wg)

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