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Common Cause and 54 other organizations joined Wednesday in asking Google to drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is shirking its responsibility to enforce the longstanding federal law requiring broadcasters to disclose the “true identity” of the sponsors of political advertising, Common Cause said today.

He surely did not intend it, but Sen. Mitch McConnell has made a stunningly compelling case for a constitutional amendment allowing Congress and the states to restore sensible limits on the influence of money in politics. We appreciate his help and his clarity.

Two top Republican lawmakers profited from a corporate tax-avoidance maneuver that the U.S. Treasury Department is seeking to curb.

Common Cause joined more than 60 other groups today in urging the FCC to reject Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable

On the heels of filing a whistleblower complaint with the IRS charging abuse of federal tax laws, Common Cause New Mexico today asked Attorney General Gary King to look into the tax status of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in New Mexico.