With its disastrous Citizens United decision in January, the Supreme Court, its eyes wide shut, opened a Pandora’s box. The five justices who struck down […]
On December 9, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court in Green Party of Connecticut v. […]
The most important ethics test for House Speaker-designee John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the next Congress will occur as soon as […]
Campaign Legal Center – Common Cause – CREW Democracy 21-Judicial Watch – League of Women Voters Public Citizen – Taxpayers for Common Sense – […]
A coalition of 10 groups, including Judicial Watch, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and a number of reform groups will hold a press […]
In a letter sent today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer called on House Speaker-designee John Boehner (R-OH) to support continuing the Office of Congressional Ethics […]
We have just come through an election where huge amounts of secret contributions were spent in the congressional races. We cannot go through another national […]
Below are excerpts from dozens of examples of the nationwide editorial support that exists for campaign finance disclosure and the DISCLOSE Act. During the recently […]
On Thursday November 18, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. a coalition of reform groups will hold a press conference at the Capitol to discuss the effort […]
According to an AP story by Larry Margasak, the findings today by a panel of the House Ethics Committee that Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) committed […]
Sign up for Democracy 21’s email list(s) to receive “Wertheimer’s Political Report,” our weekly newsletter released every Thursday and/or our regular news releases. (And, we won’t share your email.)
