Campaign Finance Reform

wo Democratic congressmen will discuss legislative solutions to the influence of big money in politics on Thursday, Jan. 31, at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. "Big Money vs. Grassroots Democracy: Empowering Citizens to Take Back Their Government" will feature U.S. Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Md., and David Price, D-N.C. They will be joined on the panel by Anita Earls, the Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a nonprofit organization founded in Durham in August 2007 to assist families and communities engaged in social justice struggles, and NC Representative Larry Hall, the House minority leader, who represents the 29th disctrict, which includes parts of Durham.