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Sep 07, 2017

Press releases

Political Facebook ads show that U.S. election laws have trouble keeping up with digital advertising platforms

In light of recent reports that Facebook told congressional investigators they sold political ads to Russian-tied sources during the 2016 election, Issue One Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy Meredith…

Jul 12, 2017

Press releases

Issue One statement on campaign finance related-riders in House Appropriations Committee markup of government funding bill

UPDATED September 14, 2017, 10am ET: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a dozen appropriations bills which included these campaign finance riders. They now move to the Senate for consideration. …

Apr 06, 2017

Legislation & policy analysis

Bipartisan FEC overhaul bill introduced by Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH)

Today, Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) re-introduced their bipartisan bill to overhaul the gridlocked Federal Election Commission (FEC) and begin enforcing the nation’s election laws again. Representatives…

Mar 29, 2017

Press releases

Statement of Meredith McGehee on Rep. Nunes (R-CA): This is why the Office of Congressional Ethics was created

Issue One’s Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy Meredith McGehee released the following statement in response to questions about whether House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) violated House…

Mar 27, 2017

Videos

15 years since bipartisan law passed tackling money in politics. Here’s what has changed since then

Fifteen years ago today, Republican President George W. Bush signed into law the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which tackled some of the most egregious campaign finance problems of…