Democracy 21 letter to Justice Department on Romney Super PAC.pdf
By Fred Wertheimer President, Democracy 21 On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case struck down the ban on corporate spending in federal elections and opened Pandora’s Box. The Supreme Court’s decision played a pivotal role in the rise of Super PACs. Super PACs are federally registered political committees that raise […]
Americans for Campaign Reform – Campaign Legal Center CREW – Common Cause CREDO Action Network – Democracy 21 League of Women Voters – MapLight Public Campaign – Public Citizen United Republic – U.S. PIRG In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today reform groups joined over 25,000 Americans in a renewed call to […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer According to published reports, the candidate-specific Super PAC supporting the presidential campaign of former Governor Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future PAC, has paid to broadcast a campaign ad prepared by the 2008 Romney for President campaign. Under federal law, any such re-broadcast of a Romney campaign ad by […]
By Fred Wertheimer President, Democracy 21 The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has changed the landscape of American politics. The decision has brought enormous amounts of unlimited contributions and secret money back into our elections, the kind of political money that has resulted in corruption and scandals in the past […]
By Rachel Leven A campaign finance watchdog is calling on the Justice Department to look into possible campaign finance law violations by presidential candidate Rick Santorum and a pro-Santorum super-PAC. Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday recommending an investigation into the Red, White and Blue Fund’s interactions with […]
Super PACs supporting presidential candidates continue to take in six- and seven-figure contributions from individuals who also have given the legal maximum to the candidate’s campaign committee. During 2011, the super PAC supporting GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulled in contributions from 172 individuals who also gave the legal maximum to Romney’s campaign — […]
In a letter sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer called for an investigation by the Justice Department “into whether a candidate-specific Super PAC supporting former Senator Rick Santorum is engaged in violations of the campaign finance laws.” The letter states that the Justice Department has “has the jurisdiction and […]
By Fred Wertheimer President, Democracy 21 On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court in a misguided and destructive decision ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the longstanding ban on corporate expenditures in federal campaigns was unconstitutional. In reaching this decision, the Court unleashed a flood of unlimited contributions into federal elections through […]
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