Swamp Stories Episode 34: Trading the Public’s Trust

In 2012, President Barack Obama signed into law the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, otherwise known as the STOCK Act. The intent was to ban insider trading from members…

Issue One and Campaign Legal Center urge FEC to curb abuse of leadership PACs

Issue One and Campaign Legal Center (CLC) today sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging commissioners to begin a rulemaking to formally clarify that leadership PAC funds…

Senate increases access to sensitive information, a move called for by Issue One

Each senator will now be allowed to designate one aide in their office to receive top secret or sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) clearance. This policy change was announced by Majority…

Issue One announces key promotions and strategic hires

Issue One is excited to announce a number of key promotions and hires at this pivotal moment in the fight to fix our broken political system and build an inclusive…

Swamp Stories Episode 33: Drawing the Lines

Every 10 years, after the U.S. Census has been completed, congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn across the country in a process known as redistricting. However, districts are often…

Issue One applauds the HSGAC Committee for advancement of key congressional modernization bills

Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Committee favorably reported out a series of bills that will make Congress more transparent and accountable to their constituents.  An amended…

Issue One remembers the life of Congressman William “Bill” Zeliff (R-NH)

Issue One remembers the life of former Congressman Bill Zeliff (R-NH), an active member of Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus, a bipartisan coalition of more than 200 former members of Congress,…

Issue One applauds Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress implementation progress

On Capitol Hill, ideas come cheap. Every member, staffer, lobbyist, and constituent has a policy proposal, many of them good. But two factors have distinguished the 97 recommendations put forward…

The Congressional Fundraising Treadmill, July-September 2021

How much pressure are lawmakers under to raise campaign cash? Lots. The 2022 midterm elections are still more than a year away, but fundraising efforts for members of Congress are…

FY22 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill a step forward but misses key opportunities to strengthen the Senate

This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 Legislative Branch funding bill. This appropriations package includes the items approved by the House in H.R.…