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Fixing our political system and building a democracy that works for everyone
Research and Analysis
Reports
Fair Pay
Why Congress Needs to Invest in Junior Staff...
Reports
Prioritizing Achievable Federal Election Reform
Building on existing agreements to bring Republicans and Democrats together to pass key bipartisan election reforms...
Reports
All Expenses Paid: Another Look
Congressional Leadership PACs’ Outlandish Spending, January 2019 - December 2020...
Reports
Outsized Influence
12 political megadonors are responsible for $1 of every $13 in federal elections since Citizens United and 25% of all giving from the top 100 ZIP codes — a total of $3.4 billion...
Events
THE STEAL – Book talk with authors Mark Bowden and Matt Teague
Issue One Founder and CEO Nick Penniman talks with authors Mark Bowden and Matt Teague on their new book The Steal – The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and…
Issue One in the Media
CNN: New report finds 1 in 8 congressional staffers are not making a DC living wage
The Hill: There is a bipartisan path forward on election and voter protections
The New York Times: Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law
Washington Examiner: Elections should be decided by voters, not partisan politicians
ReFormers Caucus
Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus of nearly 200 former members of Congress, governors, and Cabinet officials is the largest bipartisan coalition of its kind ever assembled to advocate for sweeping reforms to fix our broken political system
National Council on Election Integrity
A bipartisan group of 38 government, political, and civic leaders who are devoted to defending the legitimacy of our elections