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Date
July 28, 2020
Issues
Money laundering by the Trump campaign flies in the face of transparency laws and could help disguise other campaign finance violations.
Date
July 23, 2020
Issues
The collapse of transparency in the financing of our elections has, in large part been due to weak laws and even weaker enforcement efforts. Rebuilding transparency in the financing of our elections will require enforcement of the rules currently in effect and new laws where needed. To help voters...
Date
July 2, 2020
Issues
The Judicial Ads Act - introduced in the Senate - is a solution that would finally bring transparency to our third branch of government.
Date
July 6, 2020
Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states have the authority to require presidential electors to vote for the candidate that wins the popular vote in their state.
Date
June 30, 2020
Issues
Federal Election Commissioner Chair Trey Trainor should take action against dark money to ensure that everyday Americans can have their voices heard in our democracy.
Date
June 26, 2020
Issues
A huge majority of voters are concerned about the enforcement of our campaign finance laws, and Commissioner Hunter's resignation from the FEC leaves elections with significantly less government oversight.
Date
June 15, 2020
Issues
New bipartisan legislation would hold public servants accountable for their conflicts of interest by having them and their family members put certain investments into blind trusts.
Date
May 27, 2020
Issues
WASHINGTON - Non-profits that engage in political activity by flooding our campaigns with secretive donor funds should not be exempt from reporting those donors to the Internal Revenue Service.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department finalized a rule ending the long...
Date
May 12, 2020
Issues
If the court rules to “unbind” electors, the integrity of the presidential election could be called into question during a critical election year.
Date
March 30, 2020
Issues
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in Elster v. City of Seattle, a challenge to Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program, which was approved by over 60% of city voters in 2015. The program – which went into effect in 2017 – offers any eligible adult city resident...
Date
March 4, 2020
Issues
Trainor’s nomination promises to perpetuate the dysfunction at the FEC.
Date
February 21, 2020
Issues
A thorough investigation of this complaint will help restore the public’s confidence that DOJ upholds its standards of insulating decisions from political influence.
Date
January 13, 2020
Issues
A coalition of good-government groups led by CLC sent a letter calling on the President and U.S. Senate to restore the Federal Election Commission (FEC) voting quorum – but countering a call from private attorneys to confirm a “full slate” of six new FEC commissioners who would continue the FEC’s...
Date
April 15, 2019
Issues
Today’s news confirms that Bernhardt’s conduct raises serious ethical questions, including whether he has exploited his power to advance the interests of the lobbying groups that used to pay his salary, potentially at the expense of the public.
Date
February 28, 2019
Issues
Bernhardt’s behavior fits pattern of disregard for ethical norms across government agency tasked with managing the country’s natural resources.
Date
November 18, 2019
Issues
Nearly three-in-four voters want the Federal Election Commission to take a more active role in enforcing campaign finance laws and 83% support publicly disclosing political contributions to organizations.
Date
November 12, 2019
Issues
Rudy Giuliani has been tasked with conducting U.S. foreign policy while retaining unknown private clients, and should be subject to the conflict of interest and other ethics laws that apply to federal employees.
Date
October 10, 2019
Issues
Two Ukrainian-Americans who had been working with President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani on Ukrainian matters, were arrested late Wednesday for violating campaign finance laws. These arrests stemmed from a CLC complaint.
Date
October 25, 2019
Issues
President Trump’s super PAC has replicated the coordination scheme first pioneered by the NRA, coordinating communications with three federal candidates worth up to $6.6 million in expenditures.
Date
October 21, 2019
Issues
Foreign leaders already routinely decide to spend money at Trump properties, seemingly as a way to curry favor with the president, but this is the first time Trump will effectively force foreign leaders to do so.