Democracy 21 joined today with more than 30 organizations to announce our strong support for the Obama Administration’s proposed Executive Order requiring government contractors to disclose their campaign finance activities.   We would not be here this morning if groups led by the Chamber of Commerce and Republican Senators had not blocked the DISCLOSE Act […]

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer  Last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), joined by 25 of their Senate Republican colleagues, sent a letter to President Obama urging him not to issue a proposed Executive Order that would require government contractors to disclose their campaign finance activities to […]

In a New York Times article today, Chamber of Commerce lobbyist R. Bruce Josten is quoted as saying that an Executive Order being considered by the White House to require government contractors to disclose their campaign finance activities "is meant to have a chilling effect." According to the article, "Mr. Josten said that the order […]

By Dan Eggen The first sign that the ground had shifted in political fundraising came last year, when conservative groups quickly took advantage of new court rulings to dramatically outspend their liberal rivals. Now comes the next tremor, as Democratic activists finalize plans for an entirely new political infrastructure in 2012. A network of liberal […]

By: Fred Wertheimer President, Democracy 21 For the second time in less than a year the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge brought by the RNC to the federal campaign finance laws and to past Supreme Court rulings. In Cao v. FEC, the Supreme Court yesterday denied a certiorari petition to review the case and […]