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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Treasury Department Opens Massive Loophole That Makes It Easier To Launder Foreign Money Into Our Elections

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Treasury Department Just Opened Massive Loophole that Will Make it Easier for Russia and other Foreign Interests to Launder Unlimited, Undisclosed Illegal Contributions into Federal Elections Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Yesterday, the Treasury Department opened a massive loophole that will, as a practical matter, allow Russia, Russian oligarchs and other foreign interests […]

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Opportunities For Historic Democracy Reforms Lie Ahead

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 24, 2018 “This the beginning of a multiyear campaign to respond to the deep concerns of the American people about Washington’s rigged system by passing real reforms that will empower everyday Americans and curb influence money in American politics.“ This week, Democratic reform leaders in Congress unveiled A Better […]

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Democracy 21 Strongly Supports Effort Announced by Congressional Leaders Today to Enact Democracy Reforms

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Democracy 21 Strongly Supports Effort Announced by Congressional Leaders Today to Enact Democracy Reforms Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly supports the democracy reforms announced today to repair our broken political system. The “A Better Deal for Our Democracy” proposals developed by reform leaders in Congress address fundamental problems that are […]

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25 Organizations Endorse Essential Democracy Reforms Announced Today by Congressional Leaders

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25 Organizations Endorse Essential Democracy Reforms Announced Today by Congressional Leaders Our organizations strongly endorse the “A Better Deal for Our Democracy” reform package announced today and developed by reform leaders in Congress to pursue essential democracy reforms to repair our broken political system. We look forward to the reform battles that lie ahead to […]

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27 Reform Groups and Experts Urge Congress to Act Promptly to Pass the Bipartisan Honest Ads Act

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27 Reform Groups and Experts Urge Congress to Act Promptly to Pass the Bipartisan Honest Ads Act In a letter sent to Senators and Representatives today, 27 reform organizations and experts called on Members to support the Honest Ads Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate (S.1989) by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA) […]

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Did Trump campaign and John Bolton PAC get help from overseas? – CNN Opinion by Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen

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Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Did Trump campaign and John Bolton PAC get help from overseas?” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on March 26, 2018. Read the full piece here or […]

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Omnibus Bill: Dangerous Campaign Finance Riders Were Defeated

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 22, 2018 “We were successful in keeping out any new campaign finance riders from the final bill.” One of the many fights that took place in reaching a final $1.3 trillion Omnibus Appropriations bill this week was a concerted effort by the reform community to keep damaging campaign finance […]

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Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer, Roger McNamee, and Norm Eisen

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Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? Roger McNamee, Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer | March 19, 2018 | First published in USA Today These CEOS and their companies are contributing to a national crisis. We need to find out what they know and how they’re going to make […]

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D21 President Fred Wertheimer Statement on PA18 Special Election: Wave Elections Override Political Money

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PA18: Wave Elections Override Political Money Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a wave election year, the wave overrides political money. That is what just happened in the Pennsylvania special election for the 18th Congressional District. According to the latest information provided by Open Secrets, outside groups spent $10.6 million to support the […]

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What Facebook, Google, and Twitter Owe America — Politico op ed by Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen

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Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece entitled, “What Facebook, Google and Twitter Owe America,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, former chief ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published in Politico on February 28, 2018. Find the full piece here or below. What Facebook, Google and Twitter Owe […]

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