Reform Groups Urge Members to Oppose Campaign Finance Riders to Appropriations Bill
In a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of Congress to oppose all “poison pill” riders, including all campaign finance riders, to the […]
Today’s badly broken campaign finance system benefits wealthy interests, and leaves hundreds of millions of ordinary Americans on the outside looking in at Washington’s rigged system.
Tag Archive for: Money In Politics
House Ways and Means Republicans Open Door to Foreign Money Being Illegally Spent in Federal Elections
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeToday, House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee opened the door to foreign money being illegally spent in federal elections through nonprofit groups. On […]
Reform Groups Urge Members to Vote Against Bill to Eliminate IRS Contribution Disclosure for Non-profit Groups
|Press Releases |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of the House Ways and Means Committee to vote against Rep. Peter Roskam’s bill to eliminate […]
Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center Sue the FEC for Failure to Enforce the Law and Protect the Integrity of Our Democracy
|Press Releases |FEC Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeThe Commission’s Actions, in Dismissing Five Straw Donor Complaints, Were “Arbitrary, Capricious and An Abuse of Discretion and Otherwise Contrary to the Law” Democracy 21 […]
Fred Wertheimer Op-ed for the Huffington Post on Fixing the Presidential Public Financing System
|Op Eds |Money In Politicsby DianeThe Huffington Post A Cure for a Political Disaster: Fixing the Presidential Public Financing System By: Fred Wertheimer April 20, 2016 The current system of […]
Reform Groups File Amicus Brief Defending Soft Money Ban
|Press Releases |Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21, Public Citizen and the Campaign Legal Center joined today in filing an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of the ban on parties […]
Reform Groups Call on FEC to Investigate & Sanction “Children of Israel LLC” for Evading Disclosure Laws
|Press Releases |FEC Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 joined with the Campaign Legal Center in filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that called on the agency to […]
Fred Wertheimer for Huffington Post: “Doctor No: Senator McConnell, the Supreme Court And a Thirty-Year Career of Obstructionism”
|Op Eds |Congress Money In Politicsby DianeSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the American people must be heard and therefore the next Supreme Court Justice should be considered by the […]
Watchdog Groups Attack IRS Decision to Overrule Proposed Staff Denial of Crossroads GPS’ “Social Welfare” Tax Status
|Press Releases |Money In Politicsby DianeIn a letter sent today to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Democracy 21 joined by the Campaign Legal Center criticized the IRS’ decision made […]
Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center Urge FEC to Investigate Use of LLC to Hide Donors to pro-Chris Christie Super PAC
|Press Releases |FEC Money In Politicsby DianeNew complaint highlights more and more Super PAC donors are hiding behind LLCs as the FEC fails to enforce the law Democracy 21 joined the […]
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