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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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America’s Journey for Justice
Just steps away from where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. vividly called for racial equality more than 50 years ago, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) led a broad, diverse coalition of grassroots labor, environmental, and democracy groups on Monday in a new call for justice.
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Broadband For All
Net neutrality rules that would keep the Internet open, and all data treated equally, are set to take effect on Friday, but some in Congress are still trying to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s historic decision to protect the Open Internet.
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«Общее дело» призывает к «целесообразному и прозрачному процессу» пересмотра торговой сделки
В то время как Палата представителей готовится проголосовать по просьбе президента Обамы о предоставлении особых «ускоренных» полномочий для завершения разработки масштабного международного торгового соглашения, организация Common Cause сегодня призвала членов Конгресса настаивать на проведении взвешенного и прозрачного процесса рассмотрения сделки.
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Senate Bill Seeks to Enhance Voices of All Americans in our Democracy
Yesterday, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced the Fair Elections Now Act, a timely piece of legislation that would dramatically improve how Congressional elections are funded.
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Campaign Preview? Clinton and Christie Spar Over Early Voting in New Jersey
The 2016 presidential election is still 17 months away, but the campaign already is in the silly season.
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Groups Urge Shell To Cut Ties With ALEC
In a letter sent yesterday, 19 international investors called on Shell, one of the world's largest oil companies, to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a lobbying group composed of state legislators and corporate representatives.
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Pennsylvania Legislators Unveil Working Group Aimed at Ending Gerrymandering
Last week, a bipartisan bicameral group of Pennsylvania lawmakers joined for a press conference to announce the formation of a working group seeking to draft and pass comprehensive redistricting legislation. Led by Senator Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton), the group aims to empower representative government by reforming a mechanism that has led to the system becoming “politically tainted, polarized, and gridlocked.”
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Breaking Gridlock at the FEC
After months of speech-making and letter-writing aimed at prodding their colleagues into action, two members of the Federal Election Commission took a new and unprecedented step on Monday to break the agency’s well-documented gridlock.
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UnKoch My Campus!
In the fight for academic integrity "UnKoch My Campus" is quickly gaining traction across the country.
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Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” First Place Winners
We are thrilled to announce the first place winners of the Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” writing competition.
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Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” Second Place Winners
As promised, we are announcing the winners of Common Cause’s inaugural Democracy Prize writing competition to identify the best “gerrymander standard.” On Monday, we announced the third place winners.
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New Polls Shows Overwhelming Majority of Americans Support Money in Politics Solutions
A poll released by The New York Times and CBS News today shows that more than 80% of Americans support fundamental change or a complete overhaul of the way political campaigns are funded. The survey found majorities of both Republicans and Democrats favor strong campaign finance reforms, including:
