Reform Groups Urge Senators to Co-sponsor and Support the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act
In a letter sent today to Senators, reform groups strongly urged members of the Senate to support the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of […]
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Watchdog Groups Urge DOJ to Name Special Outside Counsel to Investigate Legality of Bush Super PAC Scheme
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, today called on the Justice Department to investigate whether former Governor Jeb Bush and his associated Super […]
D.C. Circuit Court Urged to Reject Challenge to Disclosure Provisions Upheld by Supreme Court in Citizens United
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeToday, Democracy 21 and Public Citizen joined the Campaign Legal Center in filing an amici brief in Independence Institute v. Federal Election Commission (FEC),urging theU.S. Court […]
Fred Wertheimer for Huffington Post “A ‘Pillar’ of the Clinton Campaign Won’t Get the Job Done”
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined the Super PAC circus last week when she met with top donors to Priorities USA to help raise […]
Reform Groups Urge Members of Congress to Support the EMPOWER Act to Revitalize the Presidential Public Financing System
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent to Senators, nine reform groups strongly urged Senators to support and cosponsor the EMPOWER Act (S. 1176), introduced by Senator Tom […]
Treasury Department Inspector General’s Report Suggests IRS is Headed to Denying Crossroads GPS Status as 501(c)(4) Tax-Exempt Organization
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeAccording to articles in the BNA Money & Politics Report and Bloomberg News, a report released on April 30, 2015 by the Treasury Department’s Inspector […]
Democracy 21 Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban on Judges Soliciting Contributions
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Legal Activitiesby DianeDemocracy 21 praises the Supreme Court’s decision in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar today that will help to protect the integrity of elected judiciaries throughout the country. […]
Fred Wertheimer op-ed: Bush Super PAC Scheme Would Violate 2002 Campaign Finance Law
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeReuters Why Jeb Bush’s super PAC plan is potentially illegal Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is preparing to push the role of the individual-candidate super […]
Fred Wertheimer on On Point with Tom Ashbrook
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeThe segment is entitled “Money In Politics: The Gyrocopter’s Complaint” and focuses on the role of money in politics on the road to the 2016 […]
FEC Complaint Filed Against Pras Michel and Super PAC Black Men Vote for Apparent “Straw Donor” Contributions of $875,000
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center in urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible violations of […]
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