Fred Wertheimer for Huffington Post: “Donald Trump and Campaign Finance Reform”
Some have recently commented that Donald Trump is the best thing that has happened to the campaign finance reform movement in years. I disagree. Donald […]
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Fred Wertheimer statement: FEC Reports Confirm Billionaires and Millionaires Playing Dominant Role in Presidential Campaigns
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeThe FEC reports filed by individual-candidate Super PACs confirm that billionaires and millionaires have become the dominant players in financing the 2016 presidential campaigns. The […]
Fred Wertheimer: “The Perversion of the American Presidency”
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeThe Huffington Post The Perversion of the American Presidency By: Fred Wertheimer July 28, 2015 Children long have been taught by their parents that anyone […]
Democracy 21 Joins with Reform Groups in Releasing Reform Agenda for 2016 Candidates
|Press Releases |Democracy Reformsby DianeToday, Democracy 21 joined with eleven other reform groups in releasing “Fighting Big Money, Empowering People: A 21st Century Democracy Agenda.” The Agenda sets forth a […]
Reform Groups Urge Senators to Strike McConnell Campaign Finance Rider
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today, reform groups strongly urged members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to oppose a McConnell rider inserted into the Senate Financial Services […]
Reform Groups Urge Senators to Co-sponsor and Support Leahy Bill, the Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today to Senators, reform groups strongly urged members of the Senate to support AND CO-SPONSOR the Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act introduced […]
Watchdog Groups Send More Information to DOJ to Support Request for Investigation of Bush Super PAC Scheme
|Press Releases |Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, cited the recent formal appointment of Mike […]
Democracy 21 Urges Senator Wyden to Help Block Efforts to Prevent the IRS From Acting on New 501(c)(4) Regulations
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeEnclosed for your information is a letter sent by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking Democratic member on the Senate […]
House Members Urge Obama to Veto Bill if Campaign Finance Riders Not Removed
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeToday, 47 members of the House of Representatives signed and sent a letter to President Obama urging the President to block campaign finance riders that […]
D.C Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Federal Ban on Contributions by Federal Contractors
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeStatement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a victory for good government, the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today unanimously –and […]
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