Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 28, 2019 “The For the People Act is a marker bill – a blueprint for what must be done to address Washington influence-money corruption, voter suppression, extreme partisan gerrymandering, and misuse of public office for private gain.” Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) yesterday announced the introduction of the Senate companion […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 21, 2019 “The American people and Congress have a right to know this information and, in fact, to have the entire Mueller report and findings made public.” Every week, the media starts buzzing that the Mueller report is coming any day now. One of these weeks the buzz will […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 14, 2019 “The President and his administration have engaged in innumerable ethics abuses that have made the system in Washington far worse.” Following the passage last week in the House of H.R. 1, unprecedented democracy reform legislation, the effort now switches to the Senate. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) will […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 7, 2019 “Rep. Slotkin’s amendment would make illegal in future elections the outrageous abuses perpetrated by Russia in the 2016 presidential election.” As the House works its way through more than 70 amendments being offered this week to H.R. 1, the For the People Act, Democracy 21 is supporting […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 28, 2019 “We know Senate Majority Leader McConnell will block any Senate votes in this Congress. But we beat Senator McConnell when he tried to block passage of the McCain-Feingold soft money ban back in 2002. Ultimately, we will beat him again.” The dramatic hearing yesterday in which Michael […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 21, 2019 “Whatever Mueller’s report contains, Congress and ultimately the public must have access to the full report. “ There are stories this week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may submit his final report on the Russia investigation as early as next week. If he does, Justice Department regulations […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 14, 2019 “The health and integrity of our democracy is on the line. The fight for H.R. 1 is a fight that must be won.” I testified today in support of H.R. 1 at the House Administration Committee on a panel that included representatives from the Brennan Center and […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 7, 2019 “Underlying these and other attacks is a simple goal of reform opponents: to allow big money donors to continue secretly injecting large sums into our elections with no public accountability and therefore no way to determine if the donors and the Members who benefit have exchanged large […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 31, 2019 “Ensuring that the American people get access to a full report from Special Counsel Mueller, detailing just what happened in the 2016 presidential election and beyond, is likely to be the next big public fight in this unprecedented saga.” Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said earlier this […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 24, 2019 “The government shutdown has been a disaster for the country, a disaster for millions of Americans, and a political disaster for Trump. We may well see the government shutdown end soon.” We soon may be headed for the end of the government shutdown and the pain it is has inflicted […]
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