A federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the ban on corporate contributions to federal candidates enacted in 1907 […]
The Campaign Legal Center[1], together with Democracy 21, today urged the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to deny a request by comedian Stephen Colbert to significantly […]
In a letter sent today to members of Congress, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Campaign Legal Center President Trevor Potter informed Senators and Representatives […]
By Eliza Newlin-CarneyMay 22, 2011 The argument that secrecy and non-disclosure are necessary to uphold the First Amendment rings hollow. It’s become popular in certain […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In an op-ed article in The Washington Post today, Senator Susan Collins attacked the Obama Administration’s draft proposal […]
Statement of Fred Wertheimer, President of Democracy 21 andTrevor Potter, President of Campaign Legal Center and former FEC Chairman Recent press reports have revealed the […]
Democracy 21 congratulates the Senate Ethics Committee, its leaders, Ethics Committee Chair Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Vice-Chair Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and its Special […]
In written testimony submitted today to a joint hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Small […]
Yesterday, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer announced that he opposed a draft Executive Order prepared by the Obama Administration that would require government contractors to […]
Democracy 21 joined today with more than 30 organizations to announce our strong support for the Obama Administration’s proposed Executive Order requiring government contractors […]
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