Democracy 21 Refutes Challenge by Republican Senators to Proposed Obama Executive Order Requiring Government Contractors to Disclose Campaign Finance Activities

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer  Last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), joined by 25 of their Senate Republican colleagues, sent a letter to President Obama urging him not to issue a proposed Executive Order that would require government contractors to disclose their campaign finance activities to […]

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Broad Coalition Urges Prompt Action by President Obama on Draft Executive Order to Reveal Secret Political Spending by Government Contractors

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On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. groups representing more than 30 organizations will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in support of a draft White House executive order to require disclosure of secret political spending by government contractors.  The organizations are urging President Obama to promptly sign the executive order and will […]

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