2010 Grassroots Innovation Award Winners

Target, Walmart, Feeding America and Edelman were the winners of this year’s “Grassroots Innovation Awards” – a recognition the Public Affairs Council gives to corporations and associations that demonstrate inventive ways to involve employees, customers and others in public policy issues.

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Grassroots Critical in Current Congress, Watts Says

With a Congress far less "D.C.-centric" than it once was, businesses must invest more than ever in grassroots efforts that highlight the concerns and issues of a lawmaker's constituents, former Rep. J.C. Watts told those assembled at the National Grassroots Conference.
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High Court Sweeps Aside Ban on Corporate, Union Campaign Money

In a ruling that dramatically changes core elements of existing campaign finance rules, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to loosen spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections.
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Grassroots Innovation Award Winners - Winning Campaigns Empower Passionate Advocates

The attitude toward repealing laws in Maryland, as Gov. Martin O’Malley admits, is “no how, no way.” That could change now that state legislators have heard from the Geek Squad, a team of uniformed Best Buy Co. Inc. employees who roamed the state Capitol lobbying against the tax.
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