Early in January, the U.S. Senate has a chance to pass rules to curb the endless filibustering that has brought the chamber to a halt. The vote will be close — and we would appreciate it if you would lend your voice to reform.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today proposed a new rule that would bring transparency to secretive political spending that played a dominant role in the 2012 election.

New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a bipartisan group of 90-plus New York business, civic, and philanthropic leaders, sent a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to make a citizens-funded campaign finance system a priority for New York in the coming legislative session.

Recent changes to Texas law make it extremely difficult for voter registration groups to sign up new voters, violating the First Amendment and the National Voter Registration Act, argues the Brennan Center for Justice in an amicus brief with the League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote.