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We are challenging ethics abuses and transparency issues and demanding accountability from Congress and the Executive Branch, because that’s what the American people deserve.

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

January 3, 2023|Press Releases |Congress  Ethics & Accountability  George Santosby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2023-01-03 20:08:382023-03-02 20:48:56D21 Urges House Ethics Committee To Expeditiously Conduct Investigation Of Rep. George Santos

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

January 3, 2023|Press Releases |Congress  Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2023-01-03 14:13:462023-01-03 14:13:46D21 President Fred Wertheimer On House GOP Effort To Gut Office Of Congressional Ethics

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

September 26, 2022|Op Eds, Press Releases |DeSantis  Ethics & Accountability  Migrantsby Jackie Howell

“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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2022-09-26 16:55:282023-06-07 11:01:55Eisen/Wertheimer In Just Security: Was DeSantis Shipping Migrants To Martha’s Vineyard A Crime?

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

June 8, 2022|Op Eds, Press Releases |Conflicts of Interest  Ethics & Accountability  Jan. 6  Supreme Courtby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2022-06-08 16:11:432023-06-07 11:16:14D21, Eisen, Common Cause: Supreme Court Must Adopt Code Of Conduct And Strengthen Recusal Procedures

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

May 19, 2022|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability  Supreme Courtby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2022-05-19 20:03:112022-05-19 20:03:11Justice Clarence Thomas – A Political Partisan In A Justice’s Robe

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

March 30, 2022|Press Releases |Conflicts of Interest  Congress  Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2022-03-30 14:45:482022-03-31 14:46:35Democracy 21 Joins With CREW And 18 Other National Groups To Urge Congress To Pass Legislation Prohibiting Members From Owning Stocks, Bonds

Democracy 21 Urges Support For The Protecting Our Democracy Act

September 21, 2021|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms  Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie Howell

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2021-09-21 17:37:552021-09-21 17:37:55Democracy 21 Urges Support For The Protecting Our Democracy Act

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

September 2, 2021|Op Eds, Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie Howell

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

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Jackie Howell /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Jackie Howell2021-09-02 13:58:032021-09-02 13:58:03McCarthy’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

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

May 19, 2021|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2021-05-19 17:08:422021-05-19 17:08:42D21 Urges Congress to Support Independent Bipartisan Commission to Investigate 1/6 Attack

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

March 13, 2021|Op Eds |Democracy Reforms  Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane

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 […]

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg 0 0 Diane /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dem21-logo-red-horizontal-250x90-1.svg Diane2021-03-13 18:29:262021-03-13 18:29:26Wertheimer in CNN: The Bitter Irony In The GOP Trying To Curtail Voting Rights
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