Our government spends about the same on parking lots as it does elections. [1] You read that right. Our elections rank near the bottom in public spending, starving our democracy at the expense of voters like us. Right now, Congress can fix this and provide the funds that state and local officials – Democrats and Republicans alike – agree are urgently needed. They just need to act. Election funding has long enjoyed bipartisan – but...

Members of congress must use their authority to block Trump from accepting the $400 million luxury plane Qatar is gifting to him.

The Constitution’s Emoluments Clause forbids presidents from accepting these sorts of “gifts” for obvious reasons. Congress has the tools to block this bribe, from amending must-pass defense bills to halting nominees.

Congress must REJECT this shady plane deal and hold this administration accountable to working for We The People – not the highest bidder.

The Trump administration is ordering the FBI to ease up on white-collar crime so they can focus on Trump’s cruel mass deportation agenda.

It isn’t just hateful – it’s a reckless diversion of public resources that makes us all less safe, while the wealthy elite laugh all the way to the bank.

Congress – and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, which are tasked with holding the FBI accountable – must investigate this abuse and STOP the FBI from misusing its power.

Trump thought Democrats would cave if he shut down the government. But with your help, we’re proving him wrong. Common Cause members have made thousands of calls urging Democrats to refuse to write Trump the blank check he’s demanding. And it’s working, with seven Senate Democrats voting differently than they did in March – and nearly every Senate Democrat rejecting Trump’s budget. That’s no small thing. But Trump is betting the longer this drags on,...

Members of Congress must defend our First Amendment rights.

We urge you to speak out against Trump and Miller’s dangerous National Security Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence (NSPM-7), pass legislation to defend the First Amendment, and investigate these dangerous abuses of power.

We cannot let this administration silence the American people.

Thank you for refusing to parrot Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s partisan shutdown propaganda.

We need more leadership like this – and less complying in advance with Trump’s dictator-like demands. We urge you to hold firm.

A free, independent media is a First Amendment guarantee that’s essential to democracy – helping expose corruption, hold leaders accountable, and inform the public.

NBC and Comcast must hold firm, defend democracy and free speech, and keep Seth Meyers on the air. Don’t surrender to Trump.

Congress must reject attempts to sneak a dangerous ban on all state-level regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) into the National Defense Authorization Act.

States have stepped up where Congress has failed. A vast majority of states – red, blue, and purple – have passed commonsense protections to make sure ordinary people aren’t left behind or deceived by AI.

Congress should be protecting us against the dangers AI poses – NOT giving Big Tech unchecked power.

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.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are carrying out an ideological purge of our military – and Congress is about to pass a bill rubber-stamping it. They say it’s about “DEI” – but you know that’s just a code word for silencing Black and brown people, and anyone else who isn’t willing to fall in line with their partisan agenda. We need your help to urge Congress not to rubber-stamp Trump and Hegseth’s discrimination agenda. To...