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Stop playing politics and fund safe and secure elections

Evan Ottenfeld Aug 11th, 2020 2020, Congress, Elections

As coronavirus stimulus negotiations appear to have reached an impasse in Congress, Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee released the following statement: “House Republicans have called for additional federal funding for safe and secure elections. Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt has called for additional emergency federal funding. Election officials across the country have called for additional federal funding. It’s

Swamp Stories Episode 15: The Conservative Case for Reform

Sydney Richards Aug 6th, 2020 Podcast, Uncategorized

“So the question for Republicans is whether we’re ready to take on political reform and look at these issues through the principled lens of conservatism instead of a partisan, political one… Because fixing our broken political system is the smart thing to do — and it’s the right thing to do.” The issue of fixing our political system isn’t a

Issue One calls on Congress to protect elections, restore the Voting Rights Act

Evan Ottenfeld Aug 6th, 2020 2020, Elections, Racial Justice, Voting Rights

The Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most significant and successful pieces of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, was signed into law 55 years ago today. In response, Issue One ReFormers Caucus Co-chairs Amb. Tim Roemer (D-IN) and Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), who both served for many years with the late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA),

Coordination Watch, August 2020: Media reports draw attention to coordination issues with super PACs, outside groups in 2020 races

Amisa Ratliff Aug 5th, 2020 Coordination Watch

Outside groups, especially super PACs and dark money organizations, frequently skirt anti-coordination rules designed to prevent wealthy donors and special interests from wielding undue influence in our elections– effectively violating contribution limits that protect against “corruption or the appearance of corruption.” Begun earlier this year, Coordination Watch identifies notable instances of coordination between outside groups and candidates. This project details

Issue One joins crosspartisan coalition letter to Senate Appropriations Committee urging more transparency

Amisa Ratliff Aug 5th, 2020 Congress

Issue One has joined more than a dozen other organizations from across the political spectrum in urging senators to make appropriations mark-ups more accessible to the American people. Implementing a livestream of video and audio of all legislative mark-ups “would guarantee undiluted press and public access to the proceedings,” states the new letter, which was sent today to Sens. Richard

Committee on modernization unanimously approves bipartisan recommendations to fix Congress

Amisha Parikh-Friese Jul 31st, 2020 Congress, select committee on the modernization of congress

Today, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress unanimously approved 12 key recommendations to improve continuity of government and congressional operations. Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee issued the following statement: “Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the modernization committee continues to churn out much-needed recommendations to improve the operations of Congress. This set of bipartisan reforms

Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus urges Senate to include money for safe and secure elections in next coronavirus relief bill

Michael Beckel Jul 30th, 2020 ReFormers Caucus

Approximately 200 members of Issue One’s bipartisan ReFormers Caucus — the largest bipartisan group of former members of Congress, governors, and Cabinet officials ever assembled to advocate for political reform — today urged senators to include additional funding for states to administer safe and secure elections in the next coronavirus pandemic relief legislation. “If we fail to ensure a safe

President Trump’s call to delay the election is irresponsible and ignores the Constitution

Evan Ottenfeld Jul 30th, 2020 2020, Elections

In response to President Donald Trump’s tweet today suggesting the November election should be delayed, Issue One ReFormers Caucus Co-chairs Amb. Tim Roemer (D-IN) and Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) released the following statement: “The president’s claim, months out from the November election, that it is rigged and somehow ‘corrupt’ is reckless and preposterous, and the suggestion to delay it is

New report highlights shell company loophole that could be abused by foreigners who want to interfere in U.S. elections

Michael Beckel Jul 29th, 2020 Dark Money, Don't Mess With US

Shell companies that give money to super PACs could be conduits for foreign money in the 2020 election, warns a new report published today by Issue One. Under current law, super PACs are permitted to collect contributions of unlimited amounts, but must disclose their donors. In some cases, their campaign finance disclosures list opaque shell companies as contributors. As a

Swamp Stories Episode 14: Conversations: Nick Penniman

Sydney Richards Jul 28th, 2020 Uncategorized

Swamp Stories is excited to introduce a new periodic series of episodes where host Weston Wamp has longform conversations with leaders in the political reform movement. For the first episode of this “Conversations” series, Weston is joined by Issue One’s Founder and CEO Nick Penniman to discuss how he became involved in the political reform space, the current moment that

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