ReFormers Caucus
Issue One's ReFormers Caucus of more than 200 former members of Congress, governors, and Cabinet officials is the largest bipartisan coalition of its kind ever assembled to advocate for solutions to fix our broken political system.
Meet our ReFormers

Tim Roemer
Former Representative and Ambassador (D-IN); Co-chair, ReFormers Caucus

Zach Wamp
Former Representative (R-TN); Co-chair, ReFormers Caucus

Connie Morella
Former Representative (R-MD); Co-chair, ReFormers Caucus

Dan Glickman
Former Representative and Secretary of Agriculture (D-KS); Board Member, Issue One

Tom Ridge
Former Representative, Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security (R-PA); Board Member, Issue One
Informed by their first-hand experience, the ReFormers endorse the following solutions:
- Disclosure & Transparency. Real-time disclosure of all political contributions and expenditures.
- Effective Enforcement. Hold candidates, legislators and organizations accountable if they break the law.
- Ethics & Lobbying. Sever the connection between lobbying and campaign contributions and reduce conflicts of interest.
- Participation. Support innovative experiments at the state and local level that improve civic participation and amplify the voices of small donors.
- Integrity & Accountability. Push for a government responsive to citizens and constituents.
Read the entire framework for Returning Government to the American People. This growing, bipartisan group is working to fix our broken political system.
ReFormers on the Map
The ReFormers represent all 50 states.
Explore the map to find ReFormers in your state.
ReFormers on the Record
ReFormers Caucus Members
JASON ALTMIRE
CHESTER ATKINS
Congressman (D-MA 1985-1993)
LES AUCOIN
Congressman (D-OR 1975-1993)
BRUCE BABBITT
Secretary of the Interior (1993-2001); Governor (D-AZ 1978-1987)
BRIAN BAIRD
Congressman (D-WA 1999-2011)
MICHAEL BARNES
Congressman (D-MD 1979-1987)
JAMES GRESHAM BARRETT
Congressman (R-SC 2003-2011)
JOE BARTON
Congressman (R-TX 1985-2019)
CHARLES BASS
Congressman (R-NH 1995-2007, 2011-2013)
BOB BEAUPREZ
Congressman (R-CO 2003-2007)
MARK BEGICH
Senator (D-AK 2009-2015)
DOUG BEREUTER
Congressman (R-NE 1979-2004)
BRIAN BILBRAY
Congressman (R-CA 1995-2001, 2006-2013)
JEFF BINGAMAN
Senator (D-NM 1983-2013)
JAMES BLANCHARD
United States Ambassador to Canada (1993-1996); Governor (D-MI 1983-1991); Congressman (D-MI 1975-1983)
SHERWOOD BOEHLERT
Congressman (R-NY 1983-2007)
DAVID BONIOR
Congressman (D-MI 1977-2003)
DON BONKER
Congressman (D-WA 1975-1989)
JO BONNER
BILL BRADLEY
Senator (D-NJ 1979-1997)
BILL BROCK
Secretary of Labor (1985-1987); U.S. Trade Representative (1981-1985); Senator (R-TN 1971-1977); Congressman (R-TN 1963-1971)
TOM CAMPBELL
Congressman (R-CA 1995-2001)
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL
Senator (R-CO 1993-2005); Congressman (R-CO 1987-1993)
JOSEPH CAO
Congressman (R-LA 2009-2011)
JOHN CARLIN
Governor (D-KS 1979-1987)
ARNE CARLSON
Governor (R-MN 1991-1999)
RUSS CARNAHAN
Congressman (D-MO 2005-2013)
ROBERT CARR
Congressman (D-MI 1975-1981, 1993-1995)
MICHAEL CASTLE
Governor (R-DE 1985-1992); Congressman (R-DE 1993-2011)
JOHN CAVANAUGH
Congressman (D-NE 1977-1981)
BEN CHANDLER
Congressman (D-KY 2004-2013)
ROD CHANDLER
Congressman (R-WA 1983-1993)
JON CHRISTENSEN
Congressman (R-NE 1995-1999)
BOB CLEMENT
Congressman (D-TN 1988-2003)
WILLIAM CLINGER
Congressman (R-PA 1979-1997)
WILLIAM COHEN
Secretary of Defense (1997-2001); Senator (R-ME 1979-1997); Congressman (R-ME 1973-1979)
TOM COLEMAN
Congressman (R-MO 1976-1993)
KENT CONRAD
Senator (D-ND 1992-2013)
SAM COPPERSMITH
Congressman (D-AZ 1993-1995)
JERRY COSTELLO
Congressman (D-IL 1993-2013)
JOHN DANFORTH
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2004-2005), Senator (R-MO 1976-1995)
GEORGE DARDEN
Congressman (D-GA 1983-1995)
TOM DASCHLE
Senator (D-SD 1987-2005); Senate Majority Leader (2001-2003)
HAL DAUB
Congressman (R-NE 1981-1989)
JIM DAVIS
Congressman (D-FL 1997-2007)
LINCOLN DAVIS
Congressman (D-TN 2003-2011)
TOM DAVIS
Congressman (R-VA 1995-2008)
CHARLIE DENT
Congressman (R-PA 2005-2018)
CHARLES DJOU
Congressman (R-HI 2010-2011)
CHRIS DODD
Senator (D-CT 1981-2011); Congressman (D-CT 1975-1981)
JOE DONNELLY
Senator (D-IN 2013-2019); Congressman (D-IN 2007-2013)
BYRON DORGAN
Senator (D-ND 1992-2011), Congressman (D-ND 1981-1992)
TOM DOWNEY
Congressman (D-NY 1975-1993)
MICHAEL DUKAKIS
Governor (D-MA 1983-1991, 1975-1979)
DAVID DURENBERGER
Senator (R-MN 1978-1995)
DONNA EDWARDS
Congresswoman (D-MD 2008-2017)
DAVID EMERY
Congressman (R-ME 1975-1983)
KARAN ENGLISH
Congresswoman (D-AZ 1993-1995)
ELIZABETH ESTY
Congresswoman (D-CT 2013-2019)
THOMAS EVANS, JR.
Congressman (R-DE 1977-1983)
VICTOR FAZIO
Congressman (D-CA 1979-1999)
RUSS FEINGOLD
Senator (D-WI 1993-2011)
STEPHEN FINCHER
Congressman (R-TN 2011-2017)
HAROLD FORD, JR.
Congressman (D-TN 1997-2007)
WYCHE FOWLER
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996-2001); Senator (D-GA 1987-1993); Congressman (D-GA 1977-1987)
MARTIN FROST
Congressman (D-TX 1979-2005)
ELIZABETH FURSE
Congresswoman (D-OR 1993-1999)
RICHARD GEPHARDT
Congressman (D-MO 1977-2005)
JIM GERLACH
Congressman (R-PA 2003-2015)
WAYNE GILCHREST
Congressman (R-MD 1991-2009)
PHIL GINGREY
Congressman (R-GA 2003-2015)
DAN GLICKMAN
Secretary of Agriculture (1995-2001); Congressman (D-KS 1977-1995)
BART GORDON
Congressman (D-TN 1985-2011)
PORTER GOSS
Director of the CIA (2004-2006); Congressman (R-FL 1989-2004)
GENE GREEN
Congressman (D-TX 1993-2019)
JIM GREENWOOD
Congressman (R-PA 1993-2005)
CHUCK HAGEL
Secretary of Defense (2013-2015); Senator (R-NE 1997-2009)
LEE HAMILTON
Congressman (D-IN 1965-1999); Member, 9/11 Commission (2002-2004)
JANE HARMAN
Congresswoman (D-CA 1993-1999, 2001-2011)
MICHAEL HARRINGTON
Congressman (D-MA 1969-1979)
GARY HART
Senator (D-CO 1975-1987)
JOSEPH HECK
Congressman (R-NV 2011-2017)
JOEL HEFLEY
Congressman (R-CO 1987-2007)
DENNIS HERTEL
Congressman (D-MI 1981-1993)
PAUL HODES
Congressman (D-NH 2007-2011)
RUSH HOLT, JR.
Congressman (D-NJ 1999-2015)
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN
Congresswoman (D-NY 1973-1981)
DARLENE HOOLEY
Congresswomen (D-OR 1997-2009)
JERRY HUCKABY
Congressman (D-LA 1977-1993)
RANDY HULTGREN
Congressman (R-IL 2011-2019)
JIM HUNT
Governor (D-NC 1977-1985, 1993-2001)
TIM HUTCHINSON
Senator (R-AR 1997-2003); Congressman (R-AR 1993-1997)
ROBERT INGLIS, SR.
Congressman (R-SC 1993-1999, 2005-2011)
STEVE ISRAEL
Congressman (D-NY 2001-2017)
TIM V. JOHNSON
Congressman (R-IL 2001-2013)
J. BENNETT JOHNSTON
Senator (D-LA 1972-1997)
DAVID JOLLY
Congressman (R-FL 2014-2017)
JIM JONES
United States Ambassador to Mexico (1993-1997); Congressman (D-OK 1973-1987)
NANCY KASSEBAUM BAKER
Senator (R-KS 1978-1997)
THOMAS KEAN, SR.
Governor (R-NJ 1982-1990); Chairman, 9/11 Commission
BARBARA KENNELLY
Congresswoman (D-CT 1982-1999)
BOB KERREY
Senator (D-NE 1989-2001); Governor, Nebraska (1983-1987); Member, 9/11 Commission (2002-2004)
RON KLEIN
Congressman (D-FL 2007-2011)
JIM KOLBE
Congressman (R-AZ 1985-2007)
MIKE KOPETSKI
Congressman (D-OR 1991-1995)
PETER KOSTMAYER
Congressman (D-PA 1977-1981, 1983-1993)
MADELEINE KUNIN
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (1996-1999); Governor (D-VT 1985-1991)
STEVE KUYKENDALL
RAY LAHOOD
Secretary of Transportation (2009-2013); Congressman (R-IL 1995-2009)
RICHARD LAMM
Governor (D-CO 1975-1987)
MARTIN LANCASTER
Congressman (D-NC 1987-1995)
MARY LANDRIEU
Senator (D-LA 1997-2015)
LARRY LAROCCO
Congressman (D-ID 1991-1995)
RICK LAZIO
Congressman (R-NY 1993-2001)
JIM LEACH
Congressman (R-IA 1977-2007)
JOHN LEBOUTILLIER
Congressman (R-NY 1981-1983)
CARL LEVIN
Senator (D-MI 1979-2015)
SANDY LEVIN
Congressman (D-MI 1983-2019)
MEL LEVINE
Congressman (D-CA 1983-1993)
BLANCHE LINCOLN
Senator (D-AR 1999-2011); Congresswoman (D-AR 1993-1997)
BOB LIVINGSTON
Congressman (R-LA 1977-1999)
TRENT LOTT
Senator (R-MS 1989-2007); Senate Majority Leader (1996-2001); Senate Minority Leader (2001-2003); Congressman (R-MS 1973-1989)
DAN LUNGREN
Congressman (R-CA 1979-1989, 2005-2013)
DAN MAFFEI
Congressman (D-NY 2009-2015)
ANDREW MAGUIRE
Congressman (D-NJ 1975-1981)
MARJORIE MARGOLIES
Congresswoman (D-PA 1993-1995)
PETE MCCLOSKEY
Congressman (R-CA 1967-1983)
JOHN MCHUGH
Secretary of the Army (2009-2013); Congressman (R-NY 1993-2009)
MATTHEW MCHUGH
Congressman (D-NY 1975-1993)
JOHN MCKERNAN
Governor (R-ME 1987-1995); Congressman (R-ME 1983-1987)
TOM MCMILLEN
Congressman (D-MD 1987-1993)
BRAD MILLER
Congressman (D-NC 2003-2013)
GEORGE MILLER
Congressman (D-CA 1975-2015)
NORMAN MINETA
Secretary of Transportation (2001-2006); Secretary of Commerce (2000-2001); Congressman (D-CA 1975-1995); Mayor, San Jose, CA (1971-1975)
SUSAN MOLINARI
Congresswoman (R-NY 1990-1997)
WALTER MONDALE
Vice President of the United States (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1993-1996); Senator (D-MN 1964-1976)
JIM MORAN
Congressman (D-VA 1991-2015)
CONNIE MORELLA
Ambassador to OECD (2003-2007); Congresswoman (R-MD 1987-2003)
PATRICK MURPHY
PATRICK J. MURPHY
SUE MYRICK
Congresswoman (R-NC 1995-2013); Mayor (1987-1991)
GEORGE NETHERCUTT
Congressman (R-WA 1995-2005)
GLENN NYE
Congressman (D-VA 2009-2011)
TOM OSBORNE
Congressman (R-NE 2001-2007)
RICHARD OTTINGER
Congressman (D-NY 1965-1971, 1975-1985)
LEON PANETTA
Secretary of Defense (2011-2013); Director of the CIA (2009-2011); Congressman (D-CA 1977-1993)
DEVAL PATRICK
Governor (D-MA 2007-2015); Assistant Attorney General (1994-1997)
TOM PETRI
Congressman (R-WI 1979-2015)
TODD PLATTS
Congressman (R-PA 2001-2013)
EARL POMEROY
Congressman (D-ND 1993-2011)
JOHN EDWARD PORTER
Congressman (R-IL 1980-2001)
JON PORTER
Congressman (R-NV 2003-2009)
LARRY PRESSLER
Senator (R-SD 1979-1997); Congressman (R-SD 1975-1979)
DEBORAH PRYCE
Congresswoman (R-OH 1993-2009)
MARK PRYOR
Senator (D-AR 2003-2015)
JACK QUINN
Congressman (R-NY 1993-2005)
JIM RENACCI
Congressman (R-OH 2011-2019)
REID RIBBLE
Congressman (R-WI 2011-2017)
TOM RIDGE
Secretary of Homeland Security (2003-2005); Governor (R-PA 1995-2001); Congressman (R-PA 1983-1995)
BILL RITTER
Governor (D-CO 2007-2011)
TIM ROEMER
Congressman (D-IN 1991-2003); U.S. Ambassador to India (2009-2011); Member, 9/11 Commission (2002-2004)
ROY ROMER
Governor (D-CO 1987-1999)
RON SARASIN
Congressman (R-CT 1973-1979)
BILL SARPALIUS
Congressman (D-TX 1989-1995)
JIM SASSER
U.S. Ambassador to China (1996-1999); Senator (D-TN 1977-1995)
ED SCHAFER
Secretary of Agriculture (2008-2009); Governor (R-ND 1992-2000)
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER
Congresswoman (R-RI 1981-1991)
PATRICIA SCHROEDER
Congresswoman (D-CO 1973-1997)
JOE SCHWARZ
Congressman (R-MI 2005-2007)
PHILIP SHARP
Congressman (D-IN 1975-1995)
CHRIS SHAYS
Congressman (R-CT 1987-2009)
KAREN SHEPHERD
Congresswoman (D-UT 1993-1995)
GERRY SIKORSKI
Congressman (D-MN 1983-1993)
ALAN SIMPSON
Senator (R-WY 1979-1997); Senate Republican Whip (1985-1995); Chairperson, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010)
DAVID SKAGGS
Congressman (D-CO 1987-1999)
JIM SLATTERY
Congressman (D-KS 1983-1995)
PETER SMITH
Congressman (R-VT 1989-1991)
OLYMPIA SNOWE
Senator (R-ME 1995-2013); Congresswoman (R-ME 1989-1995)
JOHN SPRATT, JR.
Congressman (D-SC 1983-2011)
CLIFF STEARNS
Congressman (R-FL 1989-2013)
CHARLES STENHOLM
Congressman (D-TX 1979-2005)
ADLAI STEVENSON III
Senator (D-IL 1970-1981)
BART STUPAK
Congressman (D-MI 1993-2011)
RICHARD SWETT
U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1998-2001); Congressman (D-NH 1991-1995)
BOB TAFT
Governor (R-OH 1999-2007)
ROBIN TALLON
Congressman (D-SC 1983-1993)
JOHN TANNER
Congressman (D-TN 1989-2011)
LEE TERRY
Congressman (R-NE 1999-2015)
KAREN THURMAN
Congresswoman (D-FL 1993-2003)
TODD TIAHRT
Congressman (R-KS 1995-2011)
JOHN TIERNEY
Congressman (D-MA 1997-2015)
MARK UDALL
Senator (D-CO 2009-2015); Congressman (D-CO 1999-2009)
BOB WALKER
Congressman (R-PA 1977-1997)
ZACH WAMP
Congressman (R-TN 1995-2011)
HENRY WAXMAN
Congressman (D-CA 1975-2015)
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN
Governor (R-NJ 1994-2001); Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (2001-2003)
PAT WILLIAMS
Congressman (D-MT 1979-1997)
TIM WIRTH
Senator (D-CO 1987-1993); Congressman (D-CO 1975-1987)
ROBERT WISE
Governor (D-WV 2001-2005); Congressman (D-WV 1983-2001)
LYNN WOOLSEY
Congresswoman (D-CA 1993-2013)
BILL ZELIFF
Congressman (R-NH 1991-1997)