Fact Sheet on the Presidential Public Financing System
The 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), enacted in response to the Watergate scandal, fundamentally reformed the rules governing campaign financing in federal elections. The […]
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January 21, 2011: A Day to Keep Moving Forward to Mitigate the Enormous Damage Done by the Citizens United Decision
|-, Archive |by DianeBy: Fred Wertheimer On January 21, 2010, one year ago tomorrow, five Supreme Court Justices issued a disastrous decision that initiated a dangerous sea change […]
House Republican Leaders Launch Sneak Attack on the Presidential Public Financing System
|-, Archive |by DianeHouse Republican Leaders Launch Sneak Attack on Presidential Public Financing System, Schedule House Floor Vote to Repeal the System Next Wednesday with No Hearings, […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Praising House Speaker-designee John Boehner for Continuing Office of Congressional Ethics Intact in Next Congress
|-, Archive |by DianeDemocracy 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
|-, Archive |by DianeIn 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
|-, Archive |by DianeWith 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
|-, Archive |by DianeOn 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
|-, Archive |by DianeCampaign 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
|-, Archive |by DianeThe 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
|-, Archive |by DianeA coalition of 10 groups, including Judicial Watch, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and a number of reform groups will hold a press […]
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