“Conducting business behind closed doors is unacceptable,” Common Cause New York executive director Susan Lerner said. “Open your doors to the people. The people who live in congressional districts deserve a say in who will represent them.”

“Our 2024 Democracy Scorecard shows a surge of support in Congress for reforms that strengthen the right to vote, take back the Supreme Court, and break big money’s grip on our politics."

Merecemos una Internet libre y justa en la que podamos acceder a información sobre nuestra democracia. Common Cause está combatiendo los intentos de las compañías de cable y los políticos de restringir o poner un precio a ese acceso.

Hoy, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos emitió una decisión por 5 votos a 4 en dos casos históricos de redistribución de distritos, Rucho v. Common Cause y Lamone v. Benisek. En una decisión de 34 páginas escrita por el juez Roberts, la mayoría concluyó que no podía establecer un estándar constitucional contra la manipulación partidista de los distritos electorales.

“A Donald Trump le dijeron repetidamente que había perdido las elecciones de 2020, incluso personas de su círculo”.

“In a perfect world, members of Congress who serve on committees that oversee or regulate specific industries wouldn’t be able to fundraise or accept campaign contributions from those industries,” said Aaron Scherb, the director of legislative affairs at Common Cause.Scherb added that participating in the imperfect system doesn’t mean that Nadler or other lawmakers are being bought off, but there’s a “perceived conflict of interest that’s created.”“For many Americans, our corrosive fund-raising system calls into question...