Post Archive by Month: September,2020

Modernization committee approves bold, bipartisan recommendations to improve Congress

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

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

2020 election, Campaign fundraising & spending, Dark money & super PACs

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

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

Dark money & super PACs

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

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

Dark money & super PACs

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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