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Today, a federal court in Wyoming dealt another setback to groups challenging disclosure laws nationwide. Citing a “wall of precedent” upholding disclosure laws, U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl refused to preliminarily enjoin a number of FEC regulations and policies that implement the federal disclosure laws in Free Speech v. FEC. Specifically, Free Speech is challenging the […]
A Summary of H.R. 6448, the Empowering Citizens Act The Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 6448) introduced in the House on September 20, 2012 is comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation to empower citizens to play a central role in financing presidential and congressional elections by matching their small contributions with multiple public funds. The Act also […]
Today, a three-judge panel rejected the Republican National Committee’s challenge to the federal aggregate contribution limits in McCutcheon v. FEC. In so holding, the court highlighted an argument in the amici brief filed by the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21, that the challenge, if successful, would create the potential for massive evasion of candidate contribution limits […]
Watchdog Groups Send New Letter to IRS that Further Documents that Crossroads GPS Is Not Entitled to 501(c)(4) Status Includes Transcripts of All Crossroads GPS Ads Run From January 1, 2012 to September 24, 2012 Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, sent a letter to the IRS today, attaching transcripts of all of the ads run by […]
Democracy 21 Endorses the Empowering Citizens Act Introduced by Representatives David Price and Chris Van Hollen Bill Empowers Citizens Making Small Contributions to Play Key Role in Financing Federal Elections, Defines Super PACs Operating as Arms of Candidates as Coordinated and Illegal Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly endorses the comprehensive […]
The enclosed letter was sent by reform groups yesterday urging House members to oppose the Cole bill, H.R. 5912, scheduled to be on the suspension calendar today. The reform groups include Americans for Campaign Reform, Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, Democracy 21, League […]
Letter to the House of Representatives September 19, 2012 The enclosed letter was sent by reform groups yesterday urging House members to oppose the Cole bill, H.R. 5912, scheduled to be on the suspension calendar today. The reform groups include Americans for Campaign Reform, Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on D.C. Court of Appeals Ruling in Van Hollen Case A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the federal district court ruling in Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission which had struck down an FEC regulation that resulted in an almost complete failure […]
The Huffington Post The Small Donor Revolution: Empowering Citizens to Combat Influence-Money in Politics Fred Wertheimer September 6, 2012 The 2012 elections are documenting on a daily basis the corrupt campaign finance system facing the nation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. With that decision, the Supreme Court unleashed huge contributions, […]
8th Circuit Upholds Minnesota’s Corporate Contribution Ban, Narrows State Disclosure Law The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today correctly rejected a constitutional challenge to a Minnesota state law ban on contributions by corporations. In Minnesota Concerned Citizens for Life v. Swanson, the Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, noted that the Supreme Court upheld a […]
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