Press Releases Archive
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled, “The legacy of ‘Citizens United’ has been destructive. We need campaign finance reform,” published here in The Washington Post on January 20, 2020. According to the piece: As long as Citizens United stands, political money corruption will continue in Washington unless […]
Democracy 21 Files Complaint Against Attorney General Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct Complaint Cites Pattern of Bias by Barr to Protect President Trump at Expense of Carrying Out DOJ Mission to “Ensure Fair and Impartial Administration of Justice” Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the […]
Enclosed for your information is a press release from the Campaign Legal Center regarding a letter from groups, including Democracy 21, which urged the White House and Senate to restore the FEC voting quorum with commissioners who are committed to enforcing the nation’s campaign finance laws. Read the full letter here and the release below […]
Democracy 21 Strongly Applauds House Members Who Cast Historic Votes Today To Impeach President Trump Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly applauds the House Members who cast historic votes today to impeach President Trump, holding him accountable for gross abuses of his presidential powers and for violating his oath of office. […]
Democracy 21 Supports Articles of Impeachment, Essential Need to Hold President Trump Accountable for Gross Abuse of his Powers Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer released a statement today supporting the passage of the two Articles of Impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee and scheduled to be voted on by the full House this week. […]
Passage of Impeachment Articles is Essential to Holding President Trump Accountable for Gross Abuse of His Powers and Violation of His Oath Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 supports the passage of the two Articles of Impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee and scheduled to be voted on by the full […]
Democracy 21 Urges Representatives To Support H.R. 4, The Voting Rights Advancement Act Democracy 21 sent a letter to House members this morning urging them to support H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which the House is scheduled to vote on tomorrow, December 6, 2019. H.R. 4 is critical legislation to repair the […]
Senate Republican Leadership Again Block Senate Consideration of Democracy Reform and Election Security Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Under the continued leadership of “Moscow Mitch” McConnell, Senate Republicans have struck again to prevent the Senate from considering democracy reforms and election security measures. An effort by Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Jeff Merkley […]
Federal Judge’s Finding that House Impeachment Inquiry is Legal Wipes Out Baseless Attacks on Inquiry by Senators Graham and McConnell Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the federal district court in Washington, D.C. found last Friday that the House impeachment inquiry is legal. Judge Howell wrote, “Even in cases of […]
Democracy 21 sent a letter to all House Members today urging their support for the SHIELD Act, H.R. 4617, introduced by House Administration Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) to “protect the integrity of our democracy and our elections.” The letter noted that there are “major loopholes” in current statutory restrictions on […]
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