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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 […]
Teleconference Press Briefing by the Brennan Center and Democracy 21 to Release New Proposal to Boost the Power of Small Donors in Federal Elections post-Citizens United Remarks of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Report and proposal being released today by the Brennan Center and Democracy 21 is based on the proposition that citizens are […]
New Proposal Seeks to Boost the Power of Small Donors After Citizens United How a Public Matching Fund Program Can Mobilize Voters and Change the Way We Finance Campaigns Washington, DC –To counter the outsized role of big money in politics after Citizens United, a new plan to boost the power of small donors in […]
August 21, 2012 Hon. Douglas H. Shulman Commissioner Internal Revenue Service Room 3000 IR 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20224 Lois Lerner Director of the Exempt Organizations Division Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20224 Re: Petition for rulemaking on eligibility requirements for Section 501(c)(4) status and […]
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