“In a perfect world, members of Congress who serve on committees that oversee or regulate specific industries wouldn’t be able to fundraise or accept campaign contributions from those industries,” said Aaron Scherb, the director of legislative affairs at Common Cause.Scherb added that participating in the imperfect system doesn’t mean that Nadler or other lawmakers are being bought off, but there’s a “perceived conflict of interest that’s created.”“For many Americans, our corrosive fund-raising system calls into question...

„Der Sonderermittler kam zu dem Schluss, dass die versprochenen ‚Dokumente und Informationen, die Hillary belasten würden‘, einen ‚Wertgegenstand‘ darstellten“, heißt es in der Klageergänzung von Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center und Democracy 21. „Und dass Trump Jr. – und möglicherweise auch Manafort und Kushner – eine solche Spende von einer Person erbeten haben, von der bekannt ist, dass sie Ausländer ist.“ Die Ergänzung schließt: „Mit anderen Worten, der Sonderermittler kam zu dem Schluss, dass Trump Jr. zumindest gegen das Verbot verstoßen hat, Spenden von Ausländern zu erbitten …

„Die Frage nach der Staatsbürgerschaft ist ein dreister Versuch, die Volkszählung aus rassistischen Gründen zu manipulieren, farbige Gemeinschaften unterzubewerten und die gerechte Vertretung zu untergraben, auf die sich unsere Demokratie stützt“, sagte Karen Hobert Flynn, Präsidentin von Common Cause, einer überparteilichen Interessengruppe.

David Vance, the National Media Strategist at government watchdog organization Common Cause, told Newsweek that the Husted decision had enabled state legislatures to use purges of rolls to suppress voters.

"In greenlighting Ohio’s voter roll purges, the Husted ruling has inspired a variety of methods to remove voters from the polls for partisan gain," he said. "The Arizona bill is just the latest example of voter suppression tactics stemming from the Husted decision. It appears to be nothing more than another attempt by...

Aaron Scherb, the legislative director of watchdog organization Common Cause, noted that conservative religious organizations have previously donated large amounts to groups that further their political interests.

"The Religious Right and certain conservative religious groups have significant resources at their disposable. As we detailed in a 2015 report, they often flex their political muscle to further enhance their ability to spend big money in politics to drown out the voices of dissenting views," he told Newsweek.

“Now I’m elected, now I’m in, I got the power to draft, lobby and shape the laws that govern the United States of America. Fabulous,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Now, is there any hard limit that I have in terms of what legislation I’m allowed to touch…based on the special interests funds that I accepted?”

“There’s no limit,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of the nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause.

Ocasio-Cortzed continued, “I can be totally funded by oil and gas, totally funded by big...

"Mr. Whitley has no business being involved with elections, much less serving as Texas' chief election officer," Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, said in a written statement. Common Cause is among the groups that have asked Whitley to withdraw his office's Jan. 25 advisory. "This 'voter purge' was poorly thought out, incompetently implemented and definitely seems to have been more about politics than anything else," he said. "At this point, I think purging Mr. Whitley from the secretary of state's office would be...

"It gives an opportunity for folks who are not themselves independently wealthy," says Cheri Quickmire, executive director of Common Cause in Connecticut, which advocates for public financing. The funds also free up policymakers from some of the constant fundraising that often goes hand in hand with holding office, she adds. "They don't have to go around with their hands out saying, 'Please give me money.'"

Aaron Scherb, the legislative affairs director at the nonprofit government watchdog Common Cause, said a comprehensive review of the program is long overdue especially in light of the Trump administration's decision to pull American troops out of countries like Afghanistan and Syria. "I think a GAO audit on the effectiveness of the program as well as a potential Department of Defense inspector general report would go a long way to determine how necessary and useful this program is, as the U.S. military continues to draw down in certain...

However, building a case against Cohen for these potential campaign finance violations would have been much more difficult than the case made over hush payments Cohen facilitated to women who alleged affairs with Trump, Paul S. Ryan, vice president for policy and litigation at the watchdog group Common Cause, tweeted.