Issue One – William Gray

Bipartisan FEC overhaul bill introduced by Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH)

William Gray Apr 6th, 2017 Federal Election Commission

Today, Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) re-introduced their bipartisan bill to overhaul the gridlocked Federal Election Commission (FEC) and begin enforcing the nation’s election laws again. Representatives Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Walter Jones (R-NC), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Kathleen Rice (D-NY) and John Sarbanes (D-MD) joined

Issue One Recruits Six Strong Conservatives to Push Congress on Ethics and Political Reform

William Gray Mar 30th, 2017 ReFormers Caucus

While Congress remains deeply divided by partisan party politics, Issue One continues to bring together both parties around common-sense solutions to fix our broken political system. A new wave of six Republican lawmakers just joined our ReFormers Caucus. They include: Florida Rep. David Jolly introduced the Stop Act in the 114th Congress to curb lawmakers’ fundraising activities, and spoke candidly

Statement of Meredith McGehee on Rep. Nunes (R-CA): This is why the Office of Congressional Ethics was created

William Gray Mar 29th, 2017 Congressional ethics, Federal Election Commission

Issue One’s Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy Meredith McGehee released the following statement in response to questions about whether House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) violated House ethics rules when he allegedly revealed classified information to the public and to President Donald Trump. “Published reports have raised legitimate questions as to whether Chairman Nunes’ recent actions comport

Issue One’s letter to the House Ethics Committee on its first public meeting

William Gray Mar 28th, 2017 Congressional ethics

Issue One sent a letter to House Ethics Committee Chairwoman Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Ranking Member Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) calling on the committee to review current ethics rules and announce the schedule for open hearings related to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The Ethics Committee’s first public meeting of the 115th Congress on Wednesday, March 22, lasted

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s silence speaks volumes

William Gray Mar 27th, 2017 Jurisprudence & SCOTUS

Following four days of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, senators and the public walked away with less clarity on his views on political spending, the Citizens United decision and the role of disclosure of money in politics. Judge Gorsuch artfully and continuously dodged questions from both Republicans and Democrats on a range of issues, including basic

Being in Congress is still about fundraising and voters are tired of it

William Gray Mar 15th, 2017 Party dues, ReFormers Caucus

by Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), Issue One ReFormers Caucus Co-chair Members of Congress are getting an earful from constituents in town halls across the country about their passions and gripes with government. But it was a woman protesting outside while waiting to speak with her senator who best summed up voters’ frustration with Washington: “They spend a lot of time

Veteran political reporter Michael Beckel joins Issue One

William Gray Mar 13th, 2017 Issue One staff

Veteran political reporter Michael Beckel today joined Issue One as manager of investigations, research and policy analysis. In this role, he will lead and manage research projects related to Congress and running for office, as well as unearth the untold stories on and off Capitol Hill that deal with government ethics and political reform. “With his long investigative record, Michael

115th Congress ReFormers Caucus Lunch

William Gray Feb 15th, 2017 ReFormers Caucus

With the 115th Congress in full swing, a bipartisan group of Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus hosted a lunch to discuss how they could be most effective in promoting and advocating for issues critical to democracy in the coming months. Conservative Republican Representative Ken Buck, who represents eastern Colorado and just started his second term in Congress after being his freshman

Things to Watch Out For: Weakening the Office of Congressional Ethics

William Gray Feb 13th, 2017 Congressional ethics

You probably remember that the Monday before the 115th Congress was sworn in, in the dead of the night on a holiday, House Republicans tried (and failed) to pass rules to weaken the independent ethics office meant to police members of Congress. Last month, however, Meredith McGehee, Issue One’s Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy, highlighted one little-noticed rule that

Bipartisan Bills Bring Senate Disclosure into 21st Century

William Gray Feb 7th, 2017 Campaign fundraising & spending

Late last week, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced two campaign finance-related bills: the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (e-file bill) and the Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act. Both were also introduced previously in the 114th Congress. The bipartisan, widely popular e-file bill saves money by requiring U.S. Senate candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically, rather than on

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