Tag Archive for: Congress

Op-Ed: Jim Jordan Showed On His First Day How Unfit He Is To Lead The House Judiciary Committee

This week, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) gaveled in the first hearing in what he promised will be a crusade against the Biden Administration: “[W]e won’t […]

Trump Made Lying Acceptable For Millions; It’s Time For It To Stop

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 2, 2023 Children are often told the story of George Washington telling his father, “I cannot tell a lie. […]

MAGA Extremists Are “Weaponizing” The House

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 26, 2023 On Tuesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated that a special grand jury has recommended multiple […]

House Discharge Petition Could Be The Key To Dealing With Debt Ceiling Crisis

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 19, 2023 We knew this was coming. Last year, there were signals that Congress would have to deal with increasing […]

39 GOP Freshmen Vote To Gut A House Ethics Office & Jim Jordan Plans His Hypocritical Attacks

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 12, 2023 They came to Washington last week ready to represent the constituents who had given them the honor […]

George Santos’s Long Trail Of Lies, Deceptions, And Distortions

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 5, 2023 “There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible, and he who permits himself to tell […]

D21 Urges House Ethics Committee To Expeditiously Conduct Investigation Of Rep. George Santos

Democracy 21 today urged the House Ethics Committee to expeditiously and “on its own initiative” conduct an investigation of Representative George Santos (R-NY), who will […]

D21 President Fred Wertheimer On House GOP Effort To Gut Office Of Congressional Ethics

Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Buried in the House Rules that House Republicans will propose and consider as an early order of business are […]

The Next Two Years Will Be A Political & Legal Roller Coaster

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 8, 2022 The House Jan. 6th Committee is scheduled to release its final report on December 21. The report […]

Democracy 21 Joins With CREW And 18 Other National Groups To Urge Congress To Pass Legislation Prohibiting Members From Owning Stocks, Bonds

Twenty national good government organizations, including CREW and Democracy 21, joined together to urge Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from […]