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Reform Groups Urge Senators to Support Sen. Warren’s Bill to Require President-elect Trump to Divest his Business Enterprises
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn a letter sent today to Senators, reform groups and individuals with expertise in governance issues called on Senators to support and co-sponsor legislation introduced […]
Reform Groups Urge Speaker Ryan to Oppose Goodlatte Proposal to Gut OCE
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn a letter sent today to House Speaker Paul Ryan, 36 reform groups and individuals with expertise in governance issues called on Speaker Ryan to oppose […]
Democracy 21 Urges Support for Senator Warren’s Bill to Require Presidents and Vice Presidents to Divest Assets into a Blind Trust
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 urges support for the bill announced this week by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to require […]
Reform Groups Urge Members to Oppose All Campaign Finance Riders to Funding Bills
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of Congress to oppose all campaign finance riders and other “poison pill” riders to any […]
Democracy 21 Calls on Congress to Promptly Pass Legislation to Require Trump to Comply with Blind Trust Requirements of Ethics in Government Act
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In his first two weeks as president-elect, Donald Trump already has shown that he will be a walking […]
Constitutional Scholars Oppose House Effort to Impeach IRS Commissioner
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, fifteen constitutional scholars opposed the effort in the House led […]
Constitutional Lawyers Send House Leaders Letter Opposing Impeachment of IRS Commissioner
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn a letter sent today to House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, more than a dozen constitutional law professors opposed […]
Tax Law Professors Urge House Leaders to Oppose Impeachment Resolution of IRS Commissioner
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeEnclosed for your information is a letter from 124 tax law professors from all parts of the country sent on August 28, 2016 to House […]
Fred Wertheimer: “House Freedom Caucus Pushes for Sept Vote on Unprecedented & Baseless Impeachment Resolution Against IRS Commish Koskinen”
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn July, Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) introduced a resolution of impeachment (H.Res. 828) against Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen. In August, Rep. Jim […]
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