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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Praising House Speaker-designee John Boehner for Continuing Office of Congressional Ethics Intact in Next Congress

Democracy 21 praises House Speaker-designee John Boehner for proposing House rules that will continue the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) intact in the next Congress […]

Reform Groups Urge Speaker-designee Boehner to Support and Continue Ethics Rules Adopted in 2007

In a letter sent today, reform groups strongly urged Speaker-designee Boehner, "to support, without any weakening changes, the gift, travel and other ethics rules adopted […]

POLITICO Op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: Court’s corruption of election law

With its disastrous Citizens United decision in January, the Supreme Court, its eyes wide shut, opened a Pandora’s box. The five justices who struck down […]

Petition Filed in Supreme Court for Review of Minor Party Provisions of Connecticut Public Financing Law Upheld as Constitutional

On December 9, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court in Green Party of Connecticut v. […]

Groups Call on Speaker-designee Boehner, Majority Leader-designee Cantor to Support Office Of Congressional Ethics

Campaign Legal Center – Common Cause – CREW Democracy 21-Judicial Watch – League of Women Voters   Public Citizen – Taxpayers for Common Sense – […]

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer At Press Conference urging House Republican Leaders to Support OCE

The most important ethics test for House Speaker-designee John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the next Congress will occur as soon as […]

Conservative & Taxpayer Groups Join Reformers in Push to Save Office of Congressional Ethics

A coalition of 10 groups, including Judicial Watch, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and a number of reform groups will hold a press […]

Democracy 21 Calls on House Speaker-designee Boehner to Continue Office of Congressional Ethics

In a letter sent today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer called on House Speaker-designee John Boehner (R-OH) to support continuing the Office of Congressional Ethics […]

Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer at Press Conference Today by Reform Groups in Support of the DISCLOSE Act

We have just come through an election where huge amounts of secret contributions were spent in the congressional races. We cannot go through another national […]

Democracy 21 Releases Excerpts from dozens of Editorials Across the Nation Supporting the DISCLOSE Act

Below are excerpts from dozens of examples of the nationwide editorial support that exists for campaign finance disclosure and the DISCLOSE Act. During the recently […]