Reform Groups Call on President Obama to Move Quickly to Nominate New FEC Commissioners to Fix Rogue, Dysfunctional Agency

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Reform Groups Call on President Obama to Move Quickly to Nominate Five New FEC Commissioners to Fix Rogue, Dysfunctional Campaign Finance Enforcement Agency. In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today, eight reform organizations expressed “our grave concern about the dysfunctional Federal Election Commission which is spectacularly failing to meet its statutory responsibilities to […]

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New York Times Editorial: Trashing the lessons of Watergate

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House Republicans, pandering to the new corporate money trough legitimized by the Supreme Court, have voted to kill off public financing for presidential elections. Unless the Senate Democratic majority acts forcefully, the death of the public alternative – first adopted in the wake of the Watergate scandal – could be sealed in the rounds of […]

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Reform Groups Urge Senate Democratic Leaders Reid, Durbin and Schumer to Defeat Effort to Use FY 11 Spending Bill as a Vehicle to Kill Presidential Public Financing System

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Americans for Campaign Reform – Brennan Center for Justice -Campaign Legal Center Common Cause – CREW – Democracy 21League of Women Voters – People For the American Way – Public CampaignPublic Citizen – U.S. PIRG In a letter sent today, reform groups urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin and Senate […]

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Intervener Defendants File Brief in Supreme Court Today Opposing Request that Court Review Decision Upholding Constitutionality of Minor Party Provisions in Connecticut Public Financing Law

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Connecticut Common Cause, Connecticut Citizen Action Group and two other intervening defendants filed a brief today in the Supreme Court urging the Court to decline to review a case in which the U.S Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Connecticut’s public financing system for state elections. Unlike the case involving a challenge […]

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Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 Joined by Other Reform Groups File Supreme Court Amicus Brief Today Supporting Constitutionality of Arizona Public Financing Law

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The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 joined by other reform groups filed an amicus brief today in the Supreme Court defending the constitutionality of the state public financing law in Arizona.  In addition to Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center, the reform groups who joined in filing the amicus brief included League of Woman Voters of the […]

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House Republicans Pass Amendment to Kill Presidential Financing System; Key Senate Battle on Issue Expected on FY 11 Spending Bill After Recess

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Yesterday, House Republicans passed an amendment to the pending FY 11 Spending Bill that would shut down the presidential public financing system. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to attempt to attach the House-passed amendment or a very similar amendment to the Senate FY 11 Spending Bill, […]

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Reform Groups Today Urge Two Additional Congressional Committees to Investigate and Hold Hearings on Dysfunctional FEC

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Americans for Campaign Reform – Campaign Legal Center – Common CauseDemocracy 21 – CREW – League of Women Voters Public Campaign – Public Citizen – U.S. PIRG Yesterday, nine reform groups sent letters to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and […]

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Reform Groups Urge Vote Against Any Amendment to H.R. 1 to Restrict Funds from Being Used to Implement the Presidential Public Financing System

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Americans for Campaign Reform – Brennan Center for Justice – Campaign Legal Center Common Cause – CREW – Democracy 21 – League of Women Voters People For the American Way – Public Campaign – Public Citizen – U.S. PIRG Our organizations strongly urge you to oppose any amendment that may be offered to H.R. 1, the FY […]

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Reform Groups Urge Senators to Oppose McConnell Bill to Repeal Presidential Funding System and Turn Presidency Over to Big Money

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Americans for Campaign Reform – Brennan Center for JusticeCampaign Legal Center – Common Cause – Democracy 21League of Women Voters – People For the American WayPublic Campaign – Public Citizen – U.S. PIRG In a letter sent to the Senate today, reform organizations strongly urged Senators to "oppose S. 194, legislation introduced by Senate Republican […]

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Tax Checkoff is not a Poll, Actual Polls Have Shown Public Support for the Presidential Public Financing System

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Democracy 21 Letter to House Members                                                                                                                   Dear Representative, This responds to the argument that the public opposes the presidential public financing system because only a single digit percent of taxpayers use the check-off on their annual returns. 1. The check off is not a poll and should not be treated as a poll. […]

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