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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Tell Congress: Hold ICE accountable

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Tell Congress: Hold ICE accountable

In just the last four months, federal immigration officers have shot at least nine people across five states and Washington, D.C. It’s a national crisis.

Congress must investigate the pattern of immigration agents using deadly force and refuse to use our tax dollars to fund this abuse.

Condemn Trump’s death threats against lawmakers

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Condemn Trump’s death threats against lawmakers

Trump has accused multiple Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” – and reshared a post that called for them to be hanged.

These threats on your own colleagues can’t go unanswered. We urge you to condemn Trump’s disgusting rhetoric and make it clear that violence has no place in our politics.

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Four Things to Know About Convicted Criminal Tina Peters

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Four Things to Know About Convicted Criminal Tina Peters

Governor Polis has a clear choice: stand with Colorado voters and the rule of law, or reward someone who helped undermine the very elections she swore to protect.

3 Things Congress Must Do to Check Military Use of AI

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3 Things Congress Must Do to Check Military Use of AI

Last week, Defense Secretary Hegseth gave Anthropic, an AI company, an ultimatum: remove two sections of your contract with us or face retaliation. Learn what we are demanding on this issue.

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Noem TSA Video Ethics Complaints

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Common Cause Amicus Brief in National Religious Broadcasters et al. v. Billy Long

Trump is blatantly ignoring the law to give his friends at far-right churches a special carveout to become political campaign machines.

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Civil Rights Groups: Millions of Members Demand Change Before Congress Funds DHS

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Civil Rights Groups: Millions of Members Demand Change Before Congress Funds DHS

On behalf of its millions of members, Common Cause, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Urban League (NUL), the NAACP, and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation sent a letter to congressional leadership demanding no additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without a massive overhaul of ICE operations that have led to deadly violence nationwide.

Common Cause Urges Court to Proactively Promote Fairness in Trump’s Case Against IRS

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Common Cause Urges Court to Proactively Promote Fairness in Trump’s Case Against IRS

Common Cause and former commissioners of the IRS urge the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to take proactive, integrity-protecting steps in reviewing President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS.

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