election that shattered all previous records of campaign financing in fact according to the center for responsive politics campaigns raised an estimated six billion dollars would two point six billion of that spent on the race for the white house alone and what critics find most alarming is that in the same election only point three percent of ordinary americans contributed two hundred dollars or more meaning the majority of election cash came from big donors and corporations it's a reality josh silver says we should all pay attention to wake up and realize you're just not going to win unless you stop pay attention to money and politics become part of the solution if we get enough of those nothing millions then we'll build something real today in washington is the beginning one proposed solution gaining traction is the american anti-corruption act a piece of legislation that would prohibit members of congress from raising funds from the interest they regulate and require members to disclose fund raising activities and it's a bill that's helping to spur actions like this one around the country if this act

according to the center for responsive politics super-pacs and other outside groups spent $54 million on california house races. >>> in shanghai, governor brown shared a glass of wine with yao ming and one reporter ribbed brown for asking mingif he ever gotten injured and in fact, yao ming retire because of an injury. >>> a state senator from san josi introduced legislation meant to curb payday lending in california. jim beall and hannah-beth jackson back the bill that bars lenders from making four high-interest loans to a customer in one year and extends the amount time that they have to pay back the loan. >>> in guantanamo bay, military says the detainees had covered cameras and windows to prevent oklahoma by the guards. reports indicate that the detainees used handmade batons with broom sticks and mop handles to resist of the guards. guards fired nonlethal weapons. there are no reports of serious injuries. the military says 25% of the detainees at prison are participating in a hunger strike. that protest started in early february after detainees said the guards became aggressive sw

help of monsanto why would he do that you might ask it could be because according the center for responsive politics senator blunt received nearly sixty five thousand dollars in campaign contributions monsanto between two thousand and eight and two thousand and twelve in fact blunt has been the largest republican recipient of funding for months and so in recent memory the good news here is that this provision that protects months and zero from judicial oversight expires after a year the bad news is that this little provision with a big impact is just a symptom of a much larger problem in america today right now any corporation with money to spend can team up with elected officials and slowly but surely tear away at our governmental protections it's really not even lobbying it's investing these companies will often make far more in profits than they spend on buying legislators like senator blunt it's an investment that has a measurable return investing in politicians it can be hugely profitable for generations corporations of flooded our democracy with mountains of corporate cash by an offer alike th

but according to the center for responsive politics, it also removes requirements for the searchable d electronic filing of information related to potential conflicts of interest by the president, vice president, congress, and other officials. on its website, the center wrote -- remainingi's only abortion clinic will stay open for now after a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from revoking its license. extendeddistrict judge an injunction protecting the clinic as it challenges a 2012 law aimed at shutting it down. the law requires all abortion providers at jackson women's health organization to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. such a standard can be impossible for any abortion provider because abortion is so safe, providers often don't admit enough patients to comply with hospital minimums. in mississippi, all local hospitals have rejected applications from clinic doctors. a group of new york city students, organizers, and officials gathered monday to condemn the schools to prison pipeline to say is funneling of students of color into the criminal justice syste

center. as president, bush's response to those crises provoked strong political divisions, but none of that was in evidence today. instead, former president jimmy carter praised him foriding humanitarian aid to african nations. >> mr. president, let me say that i am filled with admiration for you and deep gratitude for you about the great contributions you've made to the most needy people on earth. >> brown: bush's father-- former president george h.w. bush-- spoke from a wheelchair after a recent lengthy bout with bronchitis. >> what a beautiful day in dallas. it's a great pleasure to be here to honor our son, our oldest son. this is very special for barbara and me. and thank you all for coming. and to all those who made this marvelous museum possible, we thank you, especially. and we're glad to be here. god bless america and thank you very much. ( applause ) >> brown: former president bill clinton defeated the elder bush's bid for re-election in 1992, but they've had warm relations as the years passed. >> you know, starting with my work with president george h.w. bush on the tsunami and the aftermath of katrina, people began to joke that i was getting so close to t

center. to claim the high ground of reasonableness. and when the republican response is no, even before the budget comes out, it makes it difficult for them to get on that high ground of reasonableness, so politically, the noise on the left makes president obama seem more moderate, more centrist and that probably puts pressure on his poll numbers. >> steve, thank you very much for being here. nice to see you. thanks. >>> here for the interview tonight is mark from "the new york times." this is going to be really good. that's coming up. >>> did you hear the terrorism trial for osama bin laden son-in-law is going to be delayed? the reason is because of the sequester. federal defense lawyers are being furloughed and so the bin laden's son-in-law trial has to be put off for months. in other words, the spelling of the word you're looking for is -- at the same time we learned that news, we also retreated to the latest threatening video from sa wa hiry and that's kind of the truth of it. the united states, 12 years after 9/11, still responding to real terrorists and threat, but in a way that gets filtered through bone chillingly stupid every day bureaucracy. we've now got a whole bunch of new reporting as

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