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 Political Giving,” presents the arguments made by the Koch brothers to justify keeping “anonymous” the untold millions of dollars they are giving to groups to spend on campaign ads and […]
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 illegal in-kind contribution made by the Senate Majority PAC, a Super PAC which supports Democratic candidates, to Braley for Iowa, the campaign committee of U.S. Senate candidate Bruce L. Braley. […]
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 National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has violated federal law by including the names of Democratic candidates in the titles of at least 19 NRCC special project websites without the website […]
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 coordinated spending by outside groups In a letter sent today, reform groups urged Representatives to support and co-sponsor H.R. 270, which is the most comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation pending […]
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 Coalition (KOC) and the McConnell Senate Committee ’14, Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, called on KOC to stop running an ad that violates the federal campaign finance […]
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 conventions is a call for greater corruption of our political system. Unlimited contributions to candidates and parties creates an “inherent” corrupt system as found by the Supreme Court in the […]
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 for the Super PAC of Senator David Vitter (R-LA) in excess of federal contribution limits and from sources prohibited from contributing in federal elections. The complaint alleges that Senator Vitter, […]
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 by voice vote earlier this week in the Senate after passing the House in December 2013. The groups include Americans for Campaign Reform, Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics […]
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 today quietly folded to allow Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to repeal a portion of the presidential public financing system. Senate Democrats agreed to a unanimous consent request by […]
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 relationship that you and your Administration have with OFA.” According to the letter: Recent published reports by NBC News, The New York Times and The Washington Post indicate that Organizing […]
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