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Anti-Corruption & Accountability: Working For The People

We deserve a government that is as honest and hardworking as the people it represents.

For government to serve the people, it has to be accountable to the people and no one else. But Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United have let billionaires and special interests buy unlimited influence, so they can get their way at the rest of our expense.

Common Cause is the leading watchdog group calling out corruption where we see it and passing laws that put power in the hands of everyday people.

That means demanding common-sense limits on money in politics, transparency into who’s funding lobbying and campaigns, strong rules to stop government corruption, and small-dollar public financing to give ordinary people a fighting chance against Big Money. 

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2024 Legislative Session Wrap-up

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2024 Legislative Session Wrap-up

Colorado's 2024 legislative session has come to an end and Colorado Common Cause team has been hard at work defending and strengthening democracy across our state. See what we were able to accomplish with your support:

TLDR: Colorado’s 2024 Legislative Session

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TLDR: Colorado’s 2024 Legislative Session

We believe that voters deserve to know about the proposed legislation that could affect their everyday lives and the futures of their families. Here’s the TLDR of what you need to know about the 2024 legislative session so far!

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Drilling and Dollars Part 2: Disproportionate Economic Relief from COVID-19

The pandemic devastated Colorado’s state and local budgets, slowed a growing economy, and forced many small businesses in Colorado to shutter permanently. But the oil and gas industry wielded its outsized power to exploit relief programs intended to help individuals and small businesses, despite their generally self-inflicted and predictable economic woes that began long before COVID-19.

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Drilling and Dollars: The Colorado Oil and Gas Industry’s Stream of Political Influence

Oil and gas development is not creating the plethora of jobs they claim to be; but there is one sector of the economy where the industry is a robust job creator: paid government influence.

Following the Money in Colorado Politics

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Following the Money in Colorado Politics

PDF slides of our "Following the Money in Colorado Elections" workshop.

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