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

CNN: Democrats Deride Dark Money But New Analysis Shows It Helped Joe Biden

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“This is a rotten system, but as long as it exists, both parties are going to use it,” said Fred Wertheimer, who runs the watchdog […]

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Roll Call: Pelosi, Democrats renew push to overhaul election, campaign finance laws

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Fred Wertheimer, who runs the campaign finance overhaul group Democracy 21, noted that the 2020 elections shattered previous spending records with an estimated price tag […]

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Five Days

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 29, 2020 Staggering amounts of campaign money are being raised and spent in the 2020 presidential and congressional elections. […]

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Bloomberg Government: Record $13 Billion Raised for 2020 Elections Spurs Ad Avalanche

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Fred Wertheimer, president of the nonprofit Democracy 21 who’s tracked campaign fundraising since the Watergate era, said in a phone interview the fundraising this year […]

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Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1

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Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced […]

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President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself

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President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In […]

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One Year Later, The Battle For H.R. 1 Goes On

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One Year Later, The Battle For H.R. 1 Goes On Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer This coming Sunday, March 8, marks one year […]

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Senate Republicans Make Partisan Move to Add A Republican Commissioner to Currently-Defunct FEC, Ignore Democratic Vacancy

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Senate Republicans Make Partisan Move to Add A Republican Commissioner to Currently-Defunct FEC, Ignore Democratic Vacancy Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Since last […]

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Trump’s $580,600 Per Couple Fundraiser is the Direct Result of McCutcheon v. FEC – Wertheimer piece

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Enclosed for your information is a piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled, “Trump’s $580,600 Per Couple Fundraiser Tomorrow is the Direct Result of […]

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