“Money has too much influence on our political system,” said Rey Lopez-Calderon, the executive director of California Common Cause. “Every year we see the lobbying spending increase is a year we risk disenfranchising more voters and silencing the voices of ordinary citizens.”

President Trump has been comparing the hush money payments made during his campaign to those made by John Edwards. Kristen Welker is joined by Vice President for Policy and Litigation at Common Cause, Paul Ryan, to discuss how the president’s situation compares to Edwards’ case and why that might not help him at all. Duration: 7:50

Stephen Spaulding, of the government watchdog group Common Cause, said “sometimes the appearance of corruption can be just as damaging to trust, faith and confidence in government as actual corruption.” It’s not just Menendez, Spaulding said wealthy donors buying influence is all too common in Washington, and the line between favors and bribery is murky. “And the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts has by no means been a beacon of clarity on that front,” Spaulding said. “The court has by and large said this kind of access and...

“Clearly, the purpose of the event was to prepare people to get comfortable with the wholesale rewrite of the Constitution via a constitutional convention,” said Stephen Spaulding, head of strategy and external affairs for progressive nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause.

Pinapadali ng bagong pakete ng reporma sa pagboto ng Pennsylvania ang pagboto para sa lahat ng mga taga-Pennsylvania, kabilang ang mga mag-aaral, at pinapataas ang access sa ating demokrasya.

Dahil ang pagsira ng rekord ng gobyernong ito ay nakakapinsala sa ating ekonomiya at reputasyon sa mundo, ang tunay na sakit ay nararamdaman ng mga pampublikong tagapaglingkod sa pederal na manggagawa. Panahon na para tayong lahat ay humakbang upang tumulong sa ating kapwa.

Si Lenny Mendonca ay nag-leave mula sa Common Cause National Governing Board para maglingkod bilang Chief Economic and Business Advisor kay Gov. Gavin Newsome sa California. Siya ay Senior Partner Emeritus sa McKinsey.

Maraming mga dating nakakulong ang maaaring bumoto, ngunit hindi nila ito alam. Ang pagbibigay ng mga taong babalik sa ating mga komunidad ng isang salita sa kanilang hinaharap ay nakakatulong na ilayo sila sa nakaraan. Ang Common Cause ay buong pagmamalaki na sumasali sa Campaign Legal Center sa pagsisikap na irehistro ang 25,000 mga tao na karapat-dapat na bumoto -- samahan kami sa paglikha ng pag-asa sa hinaharap at isipin ang sandali na ang mga taong tinutulungan mong irehistro ay naglagay ng sticker na "Bumoto ako" para sa unang pagkakataon.

Dalawampu't isang pangkalahatang abogado ng estado, parehong mga Demokratiko at Republikano, ay nagsulat ng isang liham na humihingi ng karagdagang pera para sa imprastraktura sa pagboto at mga pagsisikap sa integridad ng halalan.

Millions of dollars from secret donors financed the "social welfare" groups that obtained personal information about millions of Americans from Facebook and used it to help Donald Trump win the presidency