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Government Watchdog Supports New Bill to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock
Majority of Americans support a stock trading ban
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Hinimok ang mga Komite ng Hudikatura na Tawagan si Justice Thomas bilang Saksi sa Mga Pagdinig sa Etika ng Korte Suprema
Ngayon, hinimok ng Common Cause ang House at Senate Judiciary Committee na tawagan si Justice Clarence Thomas bilang saksi sa mga pagdinig upang suriin ang etika ng Korte Suprema sa huli ng pinakabagong iskandalo na bumalot sa pinakamataas na hukuman ng bansa. Ang kamakailang pag-uulat ng ProPublica ay nagsiwalat na sa loob ng higit sa dalawang dekada ay nabigo si Justice Thomas na mag-ulat ng mga mamahaling regalo at bakasyon na natanggap niya mula sa bilyonaryong Republican na donor na si Harlan Crow.
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Associated Press: Trump’s response to criminal charges revives election lies
Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs for Common Cause, which has long been critical of Trump’s allegations of election rigging, noted that all the investigations of the former president began well before he started running for president again.
“Nobody is above the law, including former presidents, and running for president cannot and must not serve as a shield for wrongful conduct,” Scherb said.
“Nobody is above the law, including former presidents, and running for president cannot and must not serve as a shield for wrongful conduct,” Scherb said.
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Florida Public Radio/WFSU: Florida elections bill would further restrict voter registration groups
“We saw that it has a lot more restrictions on third-party voter registration organizations," said Amy Keith, program director for Common Cause Florida, an organization that works to ensure fair and free elections. "When you put more rules, when you put more fines, you restrict their work."
"When you restrict a small community organization, and you put more of a burden on them, they don't have the ability to comply," Keith said.
"When you restrict a small community organization, and you put more of a burden on them, they don't have the ability to comply," Keith said.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail: As Morrisey mounts gubernatorial run, environmental advocates fear he has damaged WV’s climate future
“Attorney General Morrisey should know better,” Aaron Scherb, senior legislative affairs director at Common Cause, a Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog group, said in a phone interview.
Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission against Trump in 2018 alleging a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, was an unreported in-kind contribution to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign committee in violation of federal...
Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission against Trump in 2018 alleging a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, was an unreported in-kind contribution to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign committee in violation of federal...
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (Op-Ed): Bakit nakakahiya ang turnout ng mga botante sa Texas? Kakulangan ng online registration, para sa mga nagsisimula
Nakuha namin ito nang tama sa Texas nang isulat namin sa aming Konstitusyon na "lahat ng kapangyarihang pampulitika ay likas sa mga tao."
Ngunit ang mga pulitikong nasa kapangyarihan ngayon ay hindi namumuhay ayon sa ideyang iyon. Ang Texas ay ang ikaapat na pinakamahirap na estadong bumoto sa pamamagitan ng isang pagsusuri at ika-41 sa bansa pagdating sa pagboto ng mga botante. Mayroon kaming 9.6 milyong rehistradong botante sa Texas na umupo noong nakaraang halalan — higit pa sa buong populasyon ng mga estado gaya ng New Jersey o Virginia.
Ngunit ang mga pulitikong nasa kapangyarihan ngayon ay hindi namumuhay ayon sa ideyang iyon. Ang Texas ay ang ikaapat na pinakamahirap na estadong bumoto sa pamamagitan ng isang pagsusuri at ika-41 sa bansa pagdating sa pagboto ng mga botante. Mayroon kaming 9.6 milyong rehistradong botante sa Texas na umupo noong nakaraang halalan — higit pa sa buong populasyon ng mga estado gaya ng New Jersey o Virginia.
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MarketWatch: Watchdog groups call for Justice Clarence Thomas to address reported failure to disclose gifts from real-estate tycoon
Common Cause’s senior director of legislative affairs, Aaron Scherb, said it would be reasonable for U.S. lawmakers to have Thomas testify as to “why he didn’t put any of these trips on his personal financial-disclosure forms.” Scherb said that move could come from the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin.
Durbin said on Thursday that his committee “will act” to respond to the ProPublica report.
Scherb also described the lack of disclosure by Thomas as “extremely...
Durbin said on Thursday that his committee “will act” to respond to the ProPublica report.
Scherb also described the lack of disclosure by Thomas as “extremely...
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Houston Chronicle: Texas Republicans want out of a national program that targets voter fraud
“States leaving ERIC and creating their own independent registration system increases the potential for election fraud,” Katya Ehresman, the voting rights program manager at Common Cause Texas, testified last week. “The GOP and conservatives for years demanded the kind of results ERIC has produced, and states withdrawing from the compact undercut efforts to keep voter rolls clean and prevent illegal voting.”
Ehresman also has questioned whether Nelson’s office could run its own system. She pointed to the office’s...
Ehresman also has questioned whether Nelson’s office could run its own system. She pointed to the office’s...
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The Motley Fool: Moment of Trump
Just days after the story came out, Common Cause, a Washington-based watchdog group, filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission alleging the $130,000 payment to Daniels amounted to an unreported, illegal in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, made in coordination with Cohen.
At the time Common Cause did not know it was Cohen himself who had made the in-kind payment, but later amended the complaints to...
At the time Common Cause did not know it was Cohen himself who had made the in-kind payment, but later amended the complaints to...
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Bloomberg: Swing-State Flip Gives Democrats Path to Sue on Abortion, Voting
Lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional and state legislative maps “will most definitely” be filed, said Wisconsin Common Cause Executive Director Jay Heck.
As they prepare to ask the courts to evaluate political maps, lawyers will line up voter plaintiffs from areas where Democratic-leaning precincts were merged into Republican-dominated districts beginning in 2011, Heck said.
As they prepare to ask the courts to evaluate political maps, lawyers will line up voter plaintiffs from areas where Democratic-leaning precincts were merged into Republican-dominated districts beginning in 2011, Heck said.
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Washington Monthly: Could Ballot Images Loosen the Grip of Disinformation?
“Bad actors could easily abuse this data,” wrote Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director of All Voting is Local Action, and Jenny Guzman, program director of Common Cause Arizona, in a mid-March Arizona Republic commentary. “This is not a far-fetched reality.”
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Op-Ed): Support public financing for elections
Senate Bill 1543 is the most significant public financing bill currently being considered throughout the nation. There are only a few days left in the legislative session for it to be scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance Committee. If that does not happen this very important bill dies. And that would be a serious blow to efforts to get big money out of politics.
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The Guardian: ‘A truly incredible amount of money’: millions ride on one US judicial election
“When the Republicans rewrote the laws in 2015 … they did it with the expectation that it would advantage them. They felt that the sources of money they could rely on, both outside groups and big contributors, would mean they would always have financial advantages in races like this. Just the opposite has happened,” said Jay Heck, the executive director of the Wisconsin chapter of Common Cause, a watchdog group. “That is the reason why [Wisconsin Democratic party chair] Ben Wikler and the Democrats have been able to be such a...
