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Making Government Work
Our government should make decisions that further the public's interest. But recently, gridlock, hyper-partisanship, and out-of-date legislative process have hindered meaningful progress. We are fighting back.
Common Cause addresses a range of good government issues to ensure that public officials can their jobs. Over the years, we have worked to:
- Reform the U.S. Senate to update its rules and curb abuse of the silent filibuster
- Prevent government shutdowns over anti-democratic political agendas
- Make sure voters have necessary information about budgets, spending, and the legislative process
- Stop legislators from wrongly interfering with presidential and gubernatorial appointments to the executive and judicial branch
- Ensure state legislatures have adequate time and funding to conduct the peoples’ business
What We’re Doing
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Petition
Fight back against Big Money’s influence: Overturn Citizens United
Corporations, special interest groups, and some of the wealthiest people in the country are spending billions of dollars to influence the 2024 elections — effectively drowning out the voices of everyday Americans.
That’s why I’m calling on Congress to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision — and also pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the DISCLOSE Act — to fight back against our country’s Big Money problem.
Letter Campaign
Write Your Representative: Pass The Youth Voting Rights Act!
Petition
Tell the Senate: Abolish the filibuster
I’m sick of watching overwhelmingly popular policies fall victim to one anti-democracy Senate rule: the filibuster.
Our government needs to represent us – and act in the interest of the people who voted them into power. The Senate’s minority can’t continue dictating the outcome of almost all Senate legislative business. We must immediately eliminate the filibuster.
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Updates
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What is Project 2025?
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Donald Trump: Threatening Courts and Undermining Justice
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Senator J.D. Vance is Holding the DOJ Hostage
Related Resources
Report
Democracy On The Ballot
Report
Ten Principles for Reforming the Rules of the House of Representatives
Letter
Letter to Congress to Oppose Poison Pill Campaign Finance Riders in FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Letter
Letter to Congress opposing Spending Bills “Policy Riders”
Press
News Clip
Boston Globe: Public records undergird R.I.’s biggest news stories
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Nebraska Examiner: ‘Partisan balance’ requirements on state commissions ignored, sidestepped
“It’s put in there for a purpose, so we have some sort of diversity of opinion and perspective on questions of policy,” Geis said. “That diversity of thought leads to better outcomes.”
“Not everyone has the opinion of a registered Republican,” he added. “It certainly should not to be skirted around.”
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Santa Fe New Mexican (Op-Ed): Effort to modernize Legislature casualty of broken system
The reputation tracks with a flawed legislative structure that is impeding progress on many levels. We are the only state where legislators do not receive a salary. Most lack professional staff to conduct policy research and constituent services, and they meet for the third-shortest amount of...