Tax Law Professors Urge House Leaders to Oppose Impeachment Resolution of IRS Commissioner
Enclosed for your information is a letter from 124 tax law professors from all parts of the country sent on August 28, 2016 to House […]
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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 […]
Fred Wertheimer for SCOTUS Blog on McDonnell decision
|Op Eds |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDemocracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on June 28, 2016 published by piece in SCOTUS Blog entitled “McDonnell decision substantially weakens the government’s ability to prevent corruption […]
Democracy 21 Attacks Supreme Court’s McDonnell Decision Which Legalizes Sale of Certain Actions by Public Officials for Personal Gain
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 is very disappointed in today’s Supreme Court decision in the McDonnell case, which greatly undermines […]
Democracy 21 Attacks Resolution Adopted Today by House Government Reform Committee to Censure IRS Commissioner
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The resolution adopted today by the House Government Reform Committee to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has […]
Groups Urged Members of House Govt Reform Committee to Reject Resolution to Censure IRS Commissioner Koskinen
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeIn a letter sent yesterday afternoon to members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, groups urged the members to vote against a […]
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 […]
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. […]
Wertheimer: “Role of Super PACs in Menendez Corruption Charges”
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeThe indictment of Senator Robert Menendez illustrates in stark terms the corrupting role that Super PACs now play in our political system. The Menendez indictment […]
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