Press Releases Archive
“With a make-or-break vote looming in the Senate on a sweeping voting rights and anti-corruption bill, President Joe Biden and his advisers have said in recent weeks that Biden will pressure wavering Democrats to support reforming the filibuster if necessary to pass the voting bill,” Rolling Stone reported this weekend. Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer told Rolling […]
“As we witness the chaos, violence, and loss of freedom in Afghanistan, we must also recognize that democracy is not guaranteed here at home,” Democracy 21 Vice President Matt Keller writes in an op-ed published in The Hill. Keller describes his efforts in Afghanistan in the early 2010s to bring technology to help foster education in […]
“It calls to mind a movie where a gangster walks into a business and says ‘Gee, nice telecom company you have here. It would be a real shame if something happened to it.’ It may also be a sign that the committee is getting close to uncomfortable evidence that the minority leader wants to […]
Democracy 21 applauds House Democrats for the passage of H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a critically important step forward in addressing aggressive voter suppression efforts being taken in states around the country. Eighteen state legislatures have already passed laws this year making it harder for eligible citizens to vote, with more […]
Democracy 21 today strongly urged Representatives to vote for passage of H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, when it comes to the floor for a vote. “H.R. 4 is a vitally important – and urgently needed – step forward in the work to protect the sacred right to vote for all eligible […]
H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, introduced today in the House of Representatives, is a vitally important step forward in the work to protect the sacred right to vote for all eligible citizens. Today, millions of Black, brown, other minorities, the disabled, elderly, and young, are at risk of losing their ability […]
Senate Republicans Again Block Legislation To Override Unprecedented Voter Suppression Laws In The States Senate Democrats Set Voting Rights Legislation As First Order Of Business In September; Must Bypass Republican Filibuster To Prevent Millions Of Americans From Losing Their Right To Vote Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Senate Republicans blocked consideration of voting […]
TRUMP WATCH: The Grift Continues Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Donald Trump’s “Rip-Off” Use Of Recurring Donation Buttons In Fundraising From his Mar-A-Lago bunker and super-spreader rallies, Donald Trump continues to spread his Big Lie about the presidential election being stolen from him. Trump is fomenting dangerous distrust of our democracy […]
“Our democracy is at risk if the wealthy and powerful are secretly providing huge amounts to support federal candidates to serve their interests and suppress the participation of ordinary people without their knowing.” A recent New Yorker investigation by Jane Mayer, “linked two dangerous threats to American democracy today – election subversion and dark money,” former federal […]
“As the coalition that fought for and won a public financing of elections program in New York State, we write specifically to urge that public financing of elections with small donor matching not be removed from the For the People Act in the final hour.” Thirty-nine diverse New York organizations that led the fight to establish a […]
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