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.

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Democracy 21 Calls on Justice Department to Investigate Whether Super PACs Supporting Obama and Romney are Engaged in Massive Campaign Finance Violations

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In a letter sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer requested an investigation “by the Justice Department into whether the candidate-specific Super PACs associated with President Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney are engaged in massive violations of the campaign finance laws.” “Democracy 21 believes that the Super PACs supporting […]

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Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision: Myths & Realities Part 3

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Legislation to respond to the Citizens United decision was introduced on April 29, 2010 by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE).  This is Democracy 21’s third “myths and realities” release on the legislation.  Myth: The Schumer-Van Hollen bill is biased because its restrictions do not apply to […]

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Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision: Myths & Realities Part 4

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Legislation to respond to the Citizens United decision was introduced on April 29, 2010 by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE).  This is Democracy 21’s fourth "myths and realities" release on the legislation. Myth: The legislation introduced by Representative Van Hollen is a partisan bill. Reality: This […]

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Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision: Myths & Realities Part 2

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Legislation to respond to the Citizens United decision was introduced on April 29, 2010 by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE).  This is Democracy 21’s second “myths and realities” release on the legislation. Myth:  Under the new legislation, non-profit (c) (4) advocacy organizations (most are incorporated) that […]

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Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision: Myths & Realities Part 1

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Legislation was introduced today to respond to the Citizens United decision by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and by Representatives Chris Van Hollen and Mike Castle (R-DE). This is Democracy 21’s first “myths and realities” release to deal with incorrect and inaccurate claims made about the legislation. We will continue to issue these releases as circumstances […]

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Summary of Legislation Introduced in Response to Citizens United Decision

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The legislation introduced by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE) addresses problems that arise from the Supreme Court’s destructive decision in the Citizens United case to empower corporations and unions to make unlimited expenditures to influence federal elections and government decisions.   The core provisions of the […]

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Statement of Democracy 21 President on Legislation Introduced to Respond to Citizens United Decision

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Democracy 21 strongly applauds Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE) for the important national leadership they have provided in proposing legislation to respond to the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. The legislation provides Congress with the opportunity to mitigate the destructive impact of the […]

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Campaign finance bill has GOP wary

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An article appeared today in The Hill entitled "Campaign finance bill has GOP wary." According to The Hill article: Both sides expect a pitched battle over Congress’s response to the landmark Supreme Court ruling. But even while Senate Republicans have been reluctant to publicly support the bill, its backers argue it will be hard for […]

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The Washington Post: Lobbying expenditures drop for many firms in first quarter

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The Washington PostLobbying expenditures drop for many firms in first quarterBy Dan EggenApril 22, 2010 Maybe everyone is just lobbied out. Despite passage of sweeping health-care legislation and an epic fight over Wall Street regulation, lobbying expenditures dropped for many major firms and trade organizations during the first quarter of 2009, according to disclosure forms […]

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New Polling Information on the Citizens United Decision

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A new Quinnipiac Poll released today shows overwhelming public opposition to the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. According to the Quinnipiac Poll: Voters disapprove 79 – 14 percent of the Supreme Court’s January ruling removing limits on the amount corporations and unions could spend attacking or boosting political candidates, with consistently strong […]

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