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"Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has cynically reneged on his pledge to restore “regular order” to the Senate.

All but unnoticed by the public and press, balanced budget activists and an assortment of big money interests are close to triggering a political and governmental crisis in the form of a new constitutional convention, Common Cause argues in a report released today. “The Dangerous Path. Big Money’s Plan to Shred the Constitution,” examines a decades-old campaign on behalf of a convention under Article V of the Constitution. The unprecedented assembly could re-write the 238-year old Constitution, imperiling civil rights and the system of checks and balances at the heart of the nation’s charter, the report warns.

Common Cause calls on the IRS to force political nonprofits to disclose their donors

The Supreme Court has delivered a sensible and much-needed blow on behalf of judicial independence with its decision in Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar, Common Cause said today.

Common Cause called on prospective presidential candidates today to abide by the nation’s campaign finance laws and follow rules governing fundraising while “testing the waters” for a 2016 campaign.

Common Cause hails federal prosecution for illegal coordination between a Super PAC and a congressional campaign