Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Praising House Speaker-designee John Boehner for Continuing Office of Congressional Ethics Intact in Next Congress

Democracy 21 praises House Speaker-designee John Boehner for proposing House rules that will continue the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) intact in the next Congress […]

Reform Groups Urge Speaker-designee Boehner to Support and Continue Ethics Rules Adopted in 2007

In a letter sent today, reform groups strongly urged Speaker-designee Boehner, "to support, without any weakening changes, the gift, travel and other ethics rules adopted […]

POLITICO Op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: Court’s corruption of election law

With its disastrous Citizens United decision in January, the Supreme Court, its eyes wide shut, opened a Pandora’s box. The five justices who struck down […]

Petition Filed in Supreme Court for Review of Minor Party Provisions of Connecticut Public Financing Law Upheld as Constitutional

On December 9, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court in Green Party of Connecticut v. […]

Groups Call on Speaker-designee Boehner, Majority Leader-designee Cantor to Support Office Of Congressional Ethics

Campaign Legal Center – Common Cause – CREW Democracy 21-Judicial Watch – League of Women Voters   Public Citizen – Taxpayers for Common Sense – […]

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer At Press Conference urging House Republican Leaders to Support OCE

The most important ethics test for House Speaker-designee John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the next Congress will occur as soon as […]

Conservative & Taxpayer Groups Join Reformers in Push to Save Office of Congressional Ethics

A coalition of 10 groups, including Judicial Watch, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and a number of reform groups will hold a press […]