Democracy 21 Joins with Reform Groups in Call for House Judiciary to Pass “Clean Up Government Act” Tomorrow

Today, Democracy 21 joined with other reform groups to urge members of  the House Committee on the Judiciary to pass the bipartisan “Clean Up Government […]

American Crossroads’ Attempted “Poof” Scam

How does political operative Karl Rove’s brainchild, American Crossroads, take a self-described “fully coordinated” ad with a candidate and turn it into an uncoordinated ad? […]

Reform Groups Urge Representatives to Vote No Tomorrow on H.R. 3463 to Repeal the Presidential Public Financing System and Terminate the Election Assistance Commission

Americans for Campaign Reform – Brennan Center for Justice  Campaign Legal Center – Common Cause – CREW Democracy 21 – League of Women Voters – […]

Talking Points Memo: FEC To Tell Mike Lee He Can’t Form His Very Own Super PAC

Ryan J. Reilly  The Federal Election Commission is set to tell Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a member of the Tea Party Caucus, that he can’t […]

Reform Groups to Members of Congress: Support the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act”

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Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center File Comments at FEC Opposing Orwellian Request from Rove-Backed Group to Declare Ads Coordinated with Candidates to be Uncoordinated Ads

On October 28, 2011, American Crossroads, a federally registered political committee backed by Republican political operative Karl Rove, submitted an Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) to […]

New York Times Editorial: The Campaign Jungle; Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer

According to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: Candidate-specific Super PACs are a dangerous fraud on the American people. These vehicles are designed to launder into […]

Roll Call: K Street Files: Which Campaign Groups Deserve Tax-Exempt Status?

By Eliza Newlin Carney The website of Americans Elect, a nonpartisan group that is set out to mount an alternative presidential candidate in 2012, exhorts […]

American Crossroads Makes Absurd Request to FEC to Use Absurd FEC Regulation to Treat Coordinated Activities as Not Coordinated

American Crossroads is the brainchild of political operative Karl Rove. On October 28, 2011, the Rove inspired organization asked the FEC to declare that expenditures […]