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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 Emails Document Pruitt’s Alliance With Industries He Now Must Regulate
A trove of emails released on Tuesday reaffirms that the Trump administration has given responsibility for the federal government’s fight for clean air and water to what may be the country’s most robust critic of clean air and clean water laws.
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like
It’s loud, even raucous at times and almost none of the participants seem to be enjoying it, but democracy is working across America this week.
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Election Officials Muzzle Proposed Blast at Trump
The men and women responsible for administering American elections have challenged President Trump’s claims that last year’s voting was marred by widespread fraud but they’re apparently unwilling to demand that he stop.
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Ravel Departing FEC With a Challenge to the President
Through nearly four years as a member of the Federal Election Commission, Ann Ravel fought the good fight to rein in the power of big money in politics; she departs with a challenge to President Trump to overhaul the agency by staffing it with commissioners who are serious about enforcing campaign finance laws.
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‘We Will Not Be Ignored’
By now, the town hall meeting in Salt Lake City with Rep. Jason Chaffetz on February 9 is old news. However, having been there, I find that I keep revisiting my impressions.
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President’s Day Means It’s Town Hall Time for Lawmakers
Representatives and Senators will be back in their districts and states next week as Congress recesses for President’s Day; their break is your opportunity to speak directly to them about the important issues facing our democracy.
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Watchdogs Win Suit Seeking Records on EPA Nominee’s Energy Industry Ties
An Oklahoma judge today gave Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, until Tuesday to turn over up to 3,000 state records that document Pruitt’s contacts with energy companies and trade groups.
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Can Jeff Sessions Lead a Legitimate Investigation of Trump-Russia Ties?
Jeff Sessions is getting his first significant test as attorney general and the early results are not encouraging.
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Ethics Watchdog Wants Conway Disciplined
The Office of Government Ethics, the internal watchdog for the federal bureaucracy, is calling for disciplinary action against presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway after she violated ethical rules for government employees by going on national TV to hawk fashions for President Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
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Pressure Builds for Independent Probe of Trump Team Ties to Russia
An energized press and an increasingly restive Congress are ramping up challenges to the Trump administration as evidence mounts of troubling connections between the fledgling presidency and the Russian government.
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Puzder Confirmation In Doubt?
Andrew Puzder, who has admitted to hiring undocumented immigrants and opposes paid sick leave policies and overtime pay rules -- among other labor law standards and reforms -- is poised to be our next Labor Secretary.
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Book Review: Ratf**ked, The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy, By David Daley
Ratf**ked reveals a broken American election system. It is one that is far from the ideal of a well-functioning democracy in which leaders promote policies they assert will broadly and wisely benefit our entire citizenry with the goal of persuading as many citizens as possible to vote for them.
