document.write('<br>  <h4 style="color:#387C2F;" > Statement on Senate Rules Changes: New Rules a Solid Improvement</h4>  <p class="date">Posted on  Thursday, 16 July, 2009</p>  <p> Our groups believe that the rules changes adopted last night include changes that will make the State Senate more open and accountable, but do not go far enough to improve the arcane internal operatio... <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5287775&ct=7189541">Read more &#187;</a></p><br>  <h4 style="color:#387C2F;" > Good Government Groups Call on State Senators to make Good on Their Promises of Reform</h4>  <p class="date">Posted on  Wednesday, 15 July, 2009</p>  <p> With the State Senate set to reconvene this afternoon, good government groups Citizens Union of the City of New York, Common Cause/NY, the League of Women Voters/N.Y.S. and NYPIRG urged senators to st... <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5287775&ct=7187485">Read more &#187;</a></p><br>  <h4 style="color:#387C2F;" > Common Cause and Serrano See Advances in Stimulus Accountability </h4>  <p class="date">Posted on  Friday, 10 July, 2009</p>  <p> Over the past several months, the NYS Stimulus Oversight Group, Senator José M. Serrano (D-Manhattan/Bronx), and Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) have led an initiative to ensure that Federal ... <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5287775&ct=7183107">Read more &#187;</a></p><br>  <h4 style="color:#387C2F;" > Common Cause/NY Applauds Appointment of Ravitch as Lieutenant Governor</h4>  <p class="date">Posted on  Thursday, 9 July, 2009</p>  <p> Common Cause applauds Governor Paterson for appointing a new Lieutenant-Governor, a bold and much-needed action that will help to bring an end to one large factor contributing to the ongoing Senate st... <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5287775&ct=7181687">Read more &#187;</a></p> <p class="moreLink"><a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5287793">Click for more...</a></p>')