Meet a Younger Mitch McConnell as Bold Campaign Finance Reformer
Meet a Younger Mitch McConnell as Bold Campaign Finance Reformer By Fred Wertheimer Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the nation’s leading opponent of […]
Press Releases Archive
Spurious Arguments Being Made Against H.R. 1 to Defend Secret “Dark Money” Contributions Spent to Influence Federal Elections
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Money In Politicsby DianeEnclosed for your information is a piece refuting spurious arguments being made by opponents of H.R. 1 to defend secret contributions. According to the piece: […]
Remarks of D21 President Fred Wertheimer at Press Conference to Support H.R. 1 Democracy Reforms (Video included)
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by Diane H.R. 1 reflects the fact that our democracy is at a crossroads. We have a broken political system and a corrupt campaign finance […]
House Democrats Introduce H.R. 1, Begin Historic Effort to Revitalize our Democracy and Political System
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeLed by newly-elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Democrats began an historic effort this week to revitalize our democracy. Introduced yesterday as a first […]
Democracy 21 Files DOJ Complaint Against Acting AG Whitaker For Failing To Recuse From Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Legal Activitiesby DianeIn a complaint sent today to the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer said that Acting Attorney General Matt […]
Sixty-Five Organizations Urge House Members To Support Historic Democracy Reforms
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeIn a letter sent to Representatives today, sixty-five organizations called on House Members to support the comprehensive package of democracy reforms that House Democratic Leader […]
Democracy 21 Says In Letter To Acting AG Whitaker That He Must Recuse Himself From Oversight Of Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDemocracy 21 Says In Letter To Acting AG Whitaker That He Must Recuse Himself From Oversight Of Mueller Investigation In a letter sent to Acting […]
29 National Organizations & Ethics Experts Urge Members of Congress to Ensure Whitaker Recusal & Mueller Protections
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane29 National Organizations and Ethics Experts Urge Members of Congress to Ensure Whitaker Recusal and Mueller Protection 29 national organizations and ethics experts sent a […]
#ProtectMueller Rally Remarks from November 8, 2018
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn October 1973, I was in Washington working for Common Cause when President Nixon fired Watergate Special Counsel Archibald Cox for refusing to allow Nixon […]
New Acting Attorney General Whitaker is Conflicted & Must Not Oversee Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianePresident Trump has appointed Matthew Whitaker to serve as Acting Attorney General. Whitaker has attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in the past and cannot […]
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