Ngayon, inilabas ng Common Cause ang 2024 Democracy Scorecard nito, na sinusubaybayan ang mga posisyon ng bawat Miyembro ng Kongreso sa mga isyung mahalaga sa kalusugan ng ating demokrasya sa panahon ng 118th Congress. Sa buong Kongreso na ito, ang mga miyembro ng Kamara at Senado ay naabisuhan na ang iba't ibang mga boto sa mga pangunahing isyu sa demokrasya - kabilang ang mga karapatan sa pagboto, etika ng hudisyal at pagsisiwalat sa pananalapi ng kampanya - ay mabibilang sa Scorecard, na ipapamahagi sa ating 1.5 milyong miyembro, kaalyado, at estado at pambansang media.  

Hahawakan ng CLEAN Act ang mga miyembro ng Kongreso sa pinakamataas na pamantayang etikal.

VERMONT — Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 “Democracy Scorecard," recording every member of Congress’ support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms.  

Kinukumpirma ng ebidensyang nakuha ng Common Cause kung paano gumugol ng maraming taon ang mga operatiba sa pulitika sa pagkukunwari upang kalmahin ang ating demokrasya ng isang katanungan sa Census citizenship. Ang punong gerrymandering mastermind ng GOP na si Thomas Hofeller ay naglatag ng plano upang idagdag ang tanong sa pagkamamamayan sa Census. Ang layunin? Ang pagmamanipula ng aming Census at proseso ng muling pagdistrito upang, sa mga salita ni Hofeller, ay "makabubuti sa mga Republikano at Non-Hispanic na Puti."

Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn will testify before the House Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the “Constitutional Means to Prevent Abuse of the Clemency Power.” Her full written testimony was submitted to the Subcommittee in advance of the hearing. Other witnesses include Georgetown University Law Professor Caroline Fredrickson and historian Timothy Naftali of New York University.

Americans expect and deserve a President who respects the rule of law, not one who abuses his power to undermine lawful convictions and attempts to whitewash his own corrupt presidency. With tonight’s pardons and commutations, President Trump has once again gravely abused the power of the presidency. Instead of granting pardons as an act of clemency for those who regret their crimes, he is engaged in an effort to hide his own malfeasance by undermining the Russia probe and other political corruption issues. This is a reprehensible abuse of...

Americans expect and deserve to hear from witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment Trial. The latest revelations that former Trump national security advisor John Bolton can provide direct evidence to expose President Trump’s lies about withholding critical military aide to Ukraine hammer home the need for the Senate to call witnesses. These new details add to a growing mountain of evidence that the President withheld the aide for his personal political gain, lied about it, and had his entire administration stonewall in an attempt to cover...

Former Trump Administration national security advisor John Bolton’s willingness to testify highlights the need for witness testimony if the Senate is to hold a fair impeachment trial of Donald Trump. In the face of threats by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to move forward with the trial without Democratic support, Common Cause today urged every member of the Senate to commit to a fair and unbiased trial of President Trump – including calling witnesses and returning campaign funds raised for them by the President who will be the...