House Members Urge Obama to Veto Bill if Campaign Finance Riders Not Removed
Today, 47 members of the House of Representatives signed and sent a letter to President Obama urging the President to block campaign finance riders that […]
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D.C Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Federal Ban on Contributions by Federal Contractors
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeStatement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a victory for good government, the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today unanimously –and […]
Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center Provide DOJ with Precedent to Support May 27th Request for Investigation of Bush Super PAC Scheme
|Press Releases |Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today to the Justice Department, Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, provided the Department with precedent to support the […]
Reform Groups Urge Senators to Co-sponsor and Support the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today to Senators, reform groups strongly urged members of the Senate to support the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of […]
Watchdog Groups Urge DOJ to Name Special Outside Counsel to Investigate Legality of Bush Super PAC Scheme
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, today called on the Justice Department to investigate whether former Governor Jeb Bush and his associated Super […]
D.C. Circuit Court Urged to Reject Challenge to Disclosure Provisions Upheld by Supreme Court in Citizens United
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeToday, Democracy 21 and Public Citizen joined the Campaign Legal Center in filing an amici brief in Independence Institute v. Federal Election Commission (FEC),urging theU.S. Court […]
Reform Groups Urge Members of Congress to Support the EMPOWER Act to Revitalize the Presidential Public Financing System
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent to Senators, nine reform groups strongly urged Senators to support and cosponsor the EMPOWER Act (S. 1176), introduced by Senator Tom […]
Treasury Department Inspector General’s Report Suggests IRS is Headed to Denying Crossroads GPS Status as 501(c)(4) Tax-Exempt Organization
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeAccording to articles in the BNA Money & Politics Report and Bloomberg News, a report released on April 30, 2015 by the Treasury Department’s Inspector […]
Democracy 21 Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban on Judges Soliciting Contributions
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Legal Activitiesby DianeDemocracy 21 praises the Supreme Court’s decision in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar today that will help to protect the integrity of elected judiciaries throughout the country. […]
Fred Wertheimer on On Point with Tom Ashbrook
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeThe segment is entitled “Money In Politics: The Gyrocopter’s Complaint” and focuses on the role of money in politics on the road to the 2016 […]
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