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FEC Hearing Thursday on Advisory Opinion Request Regarding Legality of Federal Officeholders and Candidates Raising Unlimited Contributions for Super PACs

June 29, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

On May 19, 2009, Majority PAC and House Majority PAC, two Super PACs established to raise unlimited contributions and make independent expenditures in support of […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-06-29 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:35FEC Hearing Thursday on Advisory Opinion Request Regarding Legality of Federal Officeholders and Candidates Raising Unlimited Contributions for Super PACs

Supreme Court Today Denies Review of Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Upholding the Constitutionality of the Connecticut Public Financing Law

June 28, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

The Supreme Court today denied a request for the Court to review the decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Green Party v. […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-06-28 20:45:012020-03-18 16:36:36Supreme Court Today Denies Review of Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Upholding the Constitutionality of the Connecticut Public Financing Law

Democracy 21 Attacks Misguided Supreme Court Decision Today on Arizona Public Financing Law; Other Forms of Public Financing Laws Remain Intact and Unaffected by Decision

June 27, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In another seriously misguided campaign finance decision, the Supreme Court today by a 5 to 4 vote has […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-06-27 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:36Democracy 21 Attacks Misguided Supreme Court Decision Today on Arizona Public Financing Law; Other Forms of Public Financing Laws Remain Intact and Unaffected by Decision

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Federal Judge’s “New” Misguided Decision to Overturn the Ban on Corporate Contributions

June 7, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

Today, a federal district court judge in Alexandria,Virginia reaffirmed an opinion he issued on May 26, 2011 that held unconstitutional the 100 year old ban […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-06-07 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:36Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Federal Judge’s “New” Misguided Decision to Overturn the Ban on Corporate Contributions

Federal Officeholder and Candidate Fundraising for Super PACs Clearly Illegal: Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 Submit Comments to FEC

June 6, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

Today, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) clearly outlining that it is illegal for federal officeholders […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-06-06 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:37Federal Officeholder and Candidate Fundraising for Super PACs Clearly Illegal: Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 Submit Comments to FEC

FEC Urged to Deny Stephen Colbert’s Request to Expand ‘Press Exemption’ in Comments Filed by Campaign Legal Center & Democracy 21

May 27, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

The Campaign Legal Center[1], together with Democracy 21, today urged the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to deny a request by comedian Stephen Colbert to significantly […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-05-27 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:37FEC Urged to Deny Stephen Colbert’s Request to Expand ‘Press Exemption’ in Comments Filed by Campaign Legal Center & Democracy 21

Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: Federal District Court Judge Inappropriately Attempts to Overrule Supreme Court Decision

May 27, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

A federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the ban on corporate contributions to federal candidates enacted in 1907 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-05-27 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:38Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: Federal District Court Judge Inappropriately Attempts to Overrule Supreme Court Decision

Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center Inform Members of Congress it is Illegal for Them to Solicit Unlimited Contributions for a Super PAC

May 25, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

In a letter sent today to members of Congress, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Campaign Legal Center President Trevor Potter informed Senators and Representatives […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-05-25 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:38Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center Inform Members of Congress it is Illegal for Them to Solicit Unlimited Contributions for a Super PAC

National Journal: Transparency v. Free Speech; Talking Points Memo: GOP FEC Commissioner To Campaign Reformers: You’ve Wasted Your Life

May 23, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

By Eliza Newlin-CarneyMay 22, 2011 The argument that secrecy and non-disclosure are necessary to uphold the First Amendment rings hollow. It’s become popular in certain […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-05-23 03:13:372020-03-18 16:36:38National Journal: Transparency v. Free Speech; Talking Points Memo: GOP FEC Commissioner To Campaign Reformers: You’ve Wasted Your Life

Democracy 21 Challenges Attack by Senator Collins on Obama Administration’s Transparency Executive Order

May 20, 2011|-, Archive |by Diane

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer  In an op-ed article in The Washington Post today, Senator Susan Collins attacked the Obama Administration’s draft proposal […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2011-05-20 03:13:372020-03-18 16:38:24Democracy 21 Challenges Attack by Senator Collins on Obama Administration’s Transparency Executive Order
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