Democracy 21 Statement on Senate Democratic Reform Package
It goes without saying that our campaign finance system is completely broken. We haven’t seen this kind of big money flooding into our political system […]
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Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center Challenge Failure of FEC to Adopt Regulations
|Press Releases |FEC Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center sent a letter today to FEC Commissioners challenging the agency’s failure to adopt regulations to implement the […]
Wertheimer for Huffington Post: Eight Lessons We’ve Learned About Money in Politics This Election
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeThe Huffington Post Eight Lessons We’ve Learned About Money in Politics This Election By: Fred Wertheimer May 26, 2016 As we approach the end of […]
Reform Groups Urge Members to Oppose Campaign Finance Riders to Appropriations Bill
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of Congress to oppose all “poison pill” riders, including all campaign finance riders, to the […]
House Ways and Means Republicans Open Door to Foreign Money Being Illegally Spent in Federal Elections
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeToday, House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee opened the door to foreign money being illegally spent in federal elections through nonprofit groups. On […]
Reform Groups Urge Members to Vote Against Bill to Eliminate IRS Contribution Disclosure for Non-profit Groups
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of the House Ways and Means Committee to vote against Rep. Peter Roskam’s bill to eliminate […]
Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center Sue the FEC for Failure to Enforce the Law and Protect the Integrity of Our Democracy
|Press Releases |FEC Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeThe Commission’s Actions, in Dismissing Five Straw Donor Complaints, Were “Arbitrary, Capricious and An Abuse of Discretion and Otherwise Contrary to the Law” Democracy 21 […]
Fred Wertheimer Op-ed for the Huffington Post on Fixing the Presidential Public Financing System
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeThe Huffington Post A Cure for a Political Disaster: Fixing the Presidential Public Financing System By: Fred Wertheimer April 20, 2016 The current system of […]
Democracy 21 and Public Citizen File Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Case McDonnell vs USA
|Press Releases |Legal Activitiesby DianeFormer Virginia Governor Can’t Use First Amendment Cases to Escape Bribery Conviction, Groups Tell Supreme Court Adopting McDonnell’s Arguments Would Substitute Kleptocracy for Democracy, Say […]
Reform Groups File Amicus Brief Defending Soft Money Ban
|Press Releases |Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21, Public Citizen and the Campaign Legal Center joined today in filing an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of the ban on parties […]
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