Press Releases Archive
25 Organizations Endorse Essential Democracy Reforms Announced Today by Congressional Leaders Our organizations strongly endorse the “A Better Deal for Our Democracy” reform package announced today and developed by reform leaders in Congress to pursue essential democracy reforms to repair our broken political system. We look forward to the reform battles that lie ahead to […]
Governance Experts Call On Speaker Ryan to Publicly Oppose Threats by Reps Meadows and Jordan to Impeach Deputy AG In a letter sent today to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Ambassador (Ret.) Norman Eisen, chief White House ethics lawyer, 2009-11, urged Speaker Ryan to publicly oppose demands being made by […]
Trump, Meadows and Jordan Collude to Obstruct Special Counsel Investigation Involving Trump President Donald Trump, Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) are colluding to obstruct and potentially give Trump control over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation in which Trump is a subject. In recent days, Meadows and Jordan have threatened to […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Ignores Majority Leader McConnell, Reports Bill to Protect Special Counsel Mueller Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly commends the bipartisan majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee for reporting out important legislation today to protect Special Counsel Mueller from being fired without good cause. Democracy 21 offers special praise […]
Watchdog Groups Call for Prompt Passage of Legislation to Protect Mueller, Warn that Firing Rosenstein Crosses a Red Line In a letter sent to members of Congress, 16 watchdog groups and experts expressed deep concerns about President Trump’s attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation. […]
27 Reform Groups and Experts Urge Congress to Act Promptly to Pass the Bipartisan Honest Ads Act In a letter sent to Senators and Representatives today, 27 reform organizations and experts called on Members to support the Honest Ads Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate (S.1989) by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA) […]
CEO Zuckerberg And Facebook Will Bear Responsibility For Foreign Election Intervention Using Facebook If That Happens Again In The 2018 Elections Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer It is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election. There is also no question that the Russian intervention could not have […]
Democracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of whether the John Bolton Super PAC and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. violated criminal law In a complaint filed today with the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Democracy 21 and Citizens for […]
PA18: Wave Elections Override Political Money Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a wave election year, the wave overrides political money. That is what just happened in the Pennsylvania special election for the 18th Congressional District. According to the latest information provided by Open Secrets, outside groups spent $10.6 million to support the […]
In a letter sent today (March 1, 2018) to members of Congress, 24 reform groups and watchdogs strongly urged members to oppose all campaign finance riders from being included in the final FY18 Omnibus Appropriations legislation. One potential rider would demolish the Johnson amendment, which prevents 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from engaging in campaign activities. More […]
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