Donald Simon Testimony for McCutcheon ANPRM
Two weeks ago, according to press reports, a roomful of multi-millionaires decided they are going to raise and spent about $900 million to make the […]
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Fred Wertheimer for American Constitution Society on Citizens United
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeThe American Constitution Society Five Years Later, Citizens United Wreaks Havoc on Our Democracy By Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21. Democracy 21 is a nonprofit, nonpartisan […]
Explanation of Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act (H.R.425)
|Archive |by DianeThe Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act (H.R. 425) sponsored by Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD deals with two important campaign finance […]
Summary of DISCLOSE Act
|Archive |by DianeThe DISCLOSE Act is sponsored in the House by Representative Van Hollen and in the Senate by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and has been introduced […]
Summary of Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act
|Archive |by DianeThe Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act is also sponsored by Representatives Price and Van Hollen and contains just the super PAC/coordination provisions found in the […]
Summary of Empowering Citizens Act
|Archive |by DianeThe Empowering Citizens Act, sponsored by Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), is the most comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation in Congress. […]
Fred Wertheimer Statement on Citizens United Decision and Reform Bills Introduced Today
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeFive years ago today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Citizens United, a 5 to 4 decision that has wreaked havoc on our democracy. […]
Fred Wertheimer Oped for Reuters “Democracy is Drowning in a sea of dark money”
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeReuters Democracy is drowning in a sea of dark money By Fred Wertheimer The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United five years ago left the nation’s […]
Watchdogs File Comments in Post-McCutcheon FEC Rulemaking
|Archive |by DianeDemocracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center yesterday in filing rulemaking comments urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to follow the Supreme Court’s recommendations […]
Public Citizen and Democracy 21 File Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court Defending Constitutionality of Florida’s Ban on Solicitation of Campaign Contributions by Judges
|Archive |by DianeLast week, Democracy 21 joined with Public Citizen to file an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the constitutionality of a Florida law […]
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