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Campaign finance reform would really affect people

Campaign finance reform can seem pretty unattached from day-to-day life - a concern for high-minded civic groups and editorial pages. But a new report by Citizen Action of New York tracked five bills that would have benefited consumers had they passed. Instead, big campaign contributions outweighed the public interest every time. One particularly egregious case involved prominent consumer and senior...

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