Fred Wertheimer in Huffington Post: “A Response to the Koch Brothers Claim of Entitlement to Anonymous Political Giving”

By: Fred Wertheimer March 28, 2014 An online column by Tom Edsall on the New York Times website (March 18), entitled “In Defense of Anonymous […]

FEC Complaint Filed Against Senate Majority PAC Seeking Investigation of Apparent Illegal Contribution to Braley Campaign

Democracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center in filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging the Commission to investigate an apparent […]

FEC Complaint Filed Against National Republican Congressional Committee for Illegal Websites

Democracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center in filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging the Commission to conclude that the […]

Reform Groups Urge House Members to Co-sponsor Empowering Citizens Act (H.R.270) Sponsored by Reps. David Price and Chris Van Hollen

Comprehensive reform bill would end individual candidate Super PACs, repair presidential public financing system, create similar financing system for Congressional races and strengthen rules prohibiting […]

Watchdog Groups Say Kentucky Opportunity Coalition is Violating Campaign Finance Law by Republishing McConnell Campaign Materials in its TV Ad

Groups Call on 501(c)(4) Organization to Comply with Law and Stop Running Ads Using McConnell Campaign Footage In a letter sent to the Kentucky Opportunity […]

Fred Wertheimer Challenges Call by RNC Chairman Priebus to Allow Unlimited Contributions to Political Parties

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’s call today to allow political parties to accept unlimited contributions from corporations, wealthy individuals and special interest groups to finance nominating […]

FEC Complaint Calls for Investigation of Possible Illegal Soft Money Solicitations by Vitter Super PAC

Democracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center to file a complaint urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate possible illegal soft money solicitations […]

Ten Reform Groups Urge President Obama to Maintain his Public Position and Veto Bill that Repeals Public Funding for Presidential Nominating Conventions

Ten reform groups today wrote to President Obama strongly urging him to veto H.R. 2019 which repeals public financing for party presidential nominating conventions. H.R. 2019 passed […]

Senate Democrats Quietly Fold to Allow Senator McConnell to Repeal Portion of Presidential Financing System

Meanwhile Senator McConnell Continues to Block All Campaign Finance Reform Measures, Including the Essential DISCLOSE Act Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Senate Democrats […]

Democracy 21 Calls on President Obama to Either Shut Down Organizing for Action or to End Any Relationship with OFA

In a letter sent to President Obama today, Democracy 21 called on the President “to shut down Organizing for Action or, alternatively, to end any […]