Issue One – 2020 – September

Modernization committee approves bold, bipartisan recommendations to improve Congress

Amisha Parikh-Friese Sep 24th, 2020 Congress, Modernizing Committee, select committee on the modernization of congress

Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee issued the following statement in the wake of the news that the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress unanimously approved 40 new recommendations today to improve Congress for the American people: “With this strong package of recommendations, the modernization committee has built upon its earlier momentum to dig deep into innovative solutions to

9 key numbers to know about the money in the 2020 presidential race

Michael Beckel Sep 20th, 2020 2020

Big money is flowing in the 2020 presidential race, even amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to an Issue One analysis of new campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday. Here are some of the key numbers to know from these new filings, which detail the money presidential candidates — and their allies — raised and spent in

Issue One statement on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Michael Beckel Sep 18th, 2020 Jurisprudence

In the wake of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Issue One Founder and CEO Nick Penniman issued the following statement: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a ground-breaking warrior for women’s rights and ensuring equality in the United States on the basis of sex, both on the Supreme Court and long before she served as a justice

Dark money spending since Citizens United set to eclipse $1 billion

Michael Beckel Sep 10th, 2020 Dark Money

Total dark money spending since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010 will soon eclipse $1 billion, according to an Issue One analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics. This ominous milestone in political spending comes as secretive liberal groups are matching their conservative counterparts nearly dollar-for-dollar ahead of the 2020 election — and may potentially

Danger of political dark money discussed on call hosted by Issue One and Center for Responsive Politics

Amisa Ratliff Sep 9th, 2020 Dark Money

Issue One and the Center for Responsive Politics hosted a press call today to discuss the dangers of secret spending as well as the commonsense, bipartisan solutions to bring more transparency to our elections. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010 opened the floodgates for dark money spending, these groups — which do not disclose their donors

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