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Swamp Stories Episode 13: Hidden Trillions
“So if a normal year of government spending justifies a multi-billion dollar lobbying industry, you can just imagine what happened when the CARES Act came into focus. It was…
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Government Spending Transparency
When the government awards top special interests, the American people have a right to know how and why that money is being spent. Learn more about our work to make the operations and spending of the federal government more open and accountable.
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Here’s how President Trump’s Speech Should Have Addressed Draining the Swamp
Statement of Nick Penniman: Donald Trump rides into the White House on a wave of populism and now it is time to reform the system
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Issue One joins more than 40 organizations calling on Biden Administration to prioritize transparency
Issue One today joined more than 40 organizations calling for the Biden administration to prioritize and increase transparency and openness, asserting that “disclosure, candor, and accessibility should be the default…
Sign-on letters
Issue One joins crosspartisan coalition letter to Senate Appropriations Committee urging more transparency
Issue One has joined more than a dozen other organizations from across the political spectrum in urging senators to make appropriations mark-ups more accessible to the American people. Implementing a…
Podcast episodes
Swamp Stories Episode 13: Hidden Trillions
“So if a normal year of government spending justifies a multi-billion dollar lobbying industry, you can just imagine what happened when the CARES Act came into focus. It was…
Sign-on letters
Issue One joins crosspartisan coalition supporting transparency and oversight of coronavirus relief spending
This week, Issue One signed on to a crosspartisan letter to congressional leaders urging transparency and oversight of the forthcoming federal economic relief efforts amid the coronavirus crisis. “Large-scale legislation…
Press releases
Here’s how President Trump’s Speech Should Have Addressed Draining the Swamp
In his joint address to Congress last night, President Trump laid out a broad agenda, from jobs and health care, to taxes and national security, for change in Washington. However,…
Legislation & policy analysis
House Passes Bill Requiring Transparency from Presidential Library Donors
This week, the House passed the bipartisan Presidential Library Donation Reform Act, sponsored by Tennessee Republican John Duncan and co-sponsored by Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings. Under current law, presidential libraries…
Press releases
Statement of Nick Penniman: Donald Trump rides into the White House on a wave of populism and now it is time to reform the system
Following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential contest early Wednesday morning, Issue One Executive Director Nick Penniman released the following statement: Donald Trump rides into the White House on a…
Archived
Does Hillary Clinton really want to be president?
Issue One Advisory Board member and former chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush asked Hillary Clinton the only question that matters in the discussion about the Clinton Foundation:…
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The Clinton Foundation’s legacy of access
New emails released from the State Department during presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s time in charge reveal a disappointing trend: a series of exchanges between Clinton Foundation heads and donors that…
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Virginia legislators accept fewer gifts
The state of Virginia has some of the most lax gift laws in the country. Perhaps that’s why its last three governors have found themselves in hot water in one…