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It’s good to be in Congress. According to a new report released today, more than 240 organizations spent nearly $20 million honoring federal officials and the organizations close to them…
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Among the many solutions that could be enacted today without a constitutional amendment, perhaps one of the most important is an overhaul of the notoriously dysfunctional Federal Election Commission. Charged with enforcing existing campaign finance rules, this agency is so gridlocked by partisan politics that commissioners not only have failed to prevent super PACs and other outside spenders from dominating elections, but once couldn’t even come to a consensus on whether to serve bagels or donuts at an event.
That’s why Issue One gladly joined other leading reform groups to endorse a new bill introduced in the Senate by Tom Udall (D-NM), the Federal Election Administration Act. If passed, it would abolish the broken FEC and replace it with a new independent agency free of the structural issues that have plagued the nation’s top watchdog for years. Here’s what we mean:
No more deadlocked votes
No more weak punishments
No more inadequate agency budgets
No more hiding in the shadows
FEC reform has been a priority for many members from both parties, and Udall’s new bill is modeled after previous bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russ Feingold (D-WI). And he’s got company: similar bipartisan legislation was introduced last June in the House by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH)
This is a common-sense proposal that anyone can get behind: if we’re spending taxpayer dollars to run an agency that protects our democracy, that agency should be as high-functioning as possible. Issue One will keep you updated on the progress of this bill, and others that will ensure our government works for everyone.
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It’s good to be in Congress. According to a new report released today, more than 240 organizations spent nearly $20 million honoring federal officials and the organizations close to them…
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We’ve spent lots of time here at Issue One urging all the presidential candidates to speak more about solutions to money in politics if they want to prove their reformer…
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The ReFormers Caucus is kicking off a new campaign urging everyone—from the Beltway to the Heartland—to call money in politics a crisis. Why call money in politics a crisis? Money…