Ethics & Accountability


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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 […]

Eisen/Wertheimer In Just Security: Was DeSantis Shipping Migrants To Martha’s Vineyard A Crime?

“The treatment of the Migrants who were transported from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard has gripped the nation. There can be little doubt that it was […]

D21, Eisen, Common Cause: Supreme Court Must Adopt Code Of Conduct And Strengthen Recusal Procedures

Facing a crisis from the loss of public confidence, the Supreme Court must adopt a Code of Conduct and strengthen its internal procedures for applying […]

Justice Clarence Thomas – A Political Partisan In A Justice’s Robe

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 19, 2022 Justice Clarence Thomas is a political partisan in a Justice’s robe. Justices come to the Supreme Court […]

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 […]

Democracy 21 Urges Support For The Protecting Our Democracy Act

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The serial abuses of power by former President Trump continue to cast a pall over our democracy. We […]

McCarthy’s Threat To Telecoms Warrants Immediate Ethics Committee Inquiry, Former Obama Ethics Czar Norm Eisen And D21 President Fred Wertheimer Write In Politico Op-Ed

  “It calls to mind a movie where a gangster walks into a business and says ‘Gee, nice telecom company you have here. It would […]

D21 Urges Congress to Support Independent Bipartisan Commission to Investigate 1/6 Attack

Democracy 21 Urges Representatives to Support Independent Bipartisan Commission to Investigate January 6 Attack Democracy 21 sent a letter to Representatives yesterday urging their support […]

Wertheimer in CNN: The Bitter Irony In The GOP Trying To Curtail Voting Rights

In an op-ed published by CNN Opinion on March 12, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes: While Republican state legislators are making disingenuous claims that they are […]