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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sen. Rand Paul’s positive coronavirus test negatively affects other senators, but Ohio senators still on the job
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House Coronavirus Response Bill Takes Step to Safeguard Elections as Well as the Economy
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CNBC: Sen. Loeffler, NYSE CEO husband defend stock sales after her private coronavirus briefing
“These Senators appear to have used classified intelligence briefings as stock tips and sold off significant holdings to avoid losses in the markets,” said Paul Ryan, Common Cause Vice President for Policy and Litigation.
“These laws are on the books for a good reason, without them the potential to abuse the power of elected office for personal enrichment would be virtually unlimited.”
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Congress Must Protect Our Democracy In Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package
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DOJ, SEC & Ethics Complaints Filed Against Senators Burr, Feinstein, Loeffler & Inhofe for Possible Insider Trading & STOCK Act Violations
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HuffPost: Mike Bloomberg Lays Off Entire Campaign Staff And Scales Back Election Spending Plans
“It’s very troubling that Bloomberg appears to be evading the federal contribution limits of an individual to a party...
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Politico: Burr moves to quell fallout from stock sales with request for Ethics probe
“These potential violations of insider trading laws and the STOCK Act by these Senators ... show what appears to be contempt for the law and further a contempt for the American people these Senators have sworn to serve," Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause,...
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Associated Press: Switching remaining primaries to vote-by-mail not so easy
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During COVID-19 State of Emergency, Transparency and Public Access to Government Proceedings Must Be Maintained
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COVID-19 Prompts Common Cause Call For Temporary Postponement of Any In-Person Voting
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USA Today/Gannett: Voters trust Biden to handle a crisis but wins Tuesday lose spotlight to coronavirus concerns
“It made for a day at the polls really not like any we’ve seen before,” said David Vance, spokesman for the voting rights group Common Cause.
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Washington Post: Shuttered polling places and a dearth of cleaning supplies: Voters confront pandemic-fueled confusion at the polls