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5 Ways Common Cause Defended Democracy in the First Trump Administration
Here’s just a few examples of how members like you made a positive impact during the first Trump Administration.
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New Spending Bill Makes Lawbreaking Easy for Government Contractors
Six hundred twelve pages into the 1,665-page bill that will keep our government open until September lurks a sentence that will make Congress and the president – assuming he signs it – partners in corrupting our elections and government contracting process
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At the Hundred Day Mark, Russia Probe More Important Than Ever
The failure of congressional leaders to staff an independent investigation is fast becoming the only question in Washington that matters. What will it take for Congress to make the Russia investigation the priority the American people believe it deserves?
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‘State of the Swamp’ Spotlights Trump Team’s Ethical Blindness
New Common Cause report reviews Trump's first 100 days, points the way to clean up the administration's ethical lapses.
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Des amis se souviennent de Benjamin Barber, infatigable défenseur de la démocratie
Une triste nouvelle nous est parvenue ce matin de New York : Benjamin Barber, brillant théoricien politique et ancien membre de longue date du conseil d'administration national de Common Cause, a perdu sa bataille contre le cancer du pancréas.
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Trendsetting States Setting a Bad Example
Iowa and New Hampshire set the trends for presidential elections.Let’s hope that their influence does not extend to election laws.
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Senate Committee’s Russia-Trump Probe Stalls Out
Just a few weeks ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee looked like the best hope for those of us holding out hope that Congress might conduct a serious investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. No more.
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A New Weapon Against Fake News
PolitiFact, a nonprofit news organization, has launched an online almanac to identify "fake news" websites
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Common Cause Suit Challenges North Carolina Legislature
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by Common Cause North Carolina and 10 Carolinians asks a state court to nullify two bills passed at a special session of the state legislature last December because legislative leaders provided no advance public notice of their meeting.
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Even Lawmakers Shut Out as Trump Team Clamps Down on Information
The new administration is killing one of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in Washington: a long tradition that formal inquiries posed to federal agencies by members of Congress, regardless of party, get a formal answer.
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Common Cause NY Joins March for Trump Accountability
With "Hold Power Accountable" on one side and "People. Action. Democracy." on the other side of blue signs, our fierce band of Common Causers stuck together in Bryant Park for the Tax March on Saturday, April 15th.
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Éviter le piège de l’article V
Les juristes, républicains, démocrates et indépendants, conviennent qu'il n'existe aucun moyen de limiter une convention de l'article V
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Trump Repopulating ‘the Swamp’
A new report by The New York Times and ProPublica details how the Trump administration is stocking federal agencies “with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants."
