ECU-affiliate, Fight for Reform, will connect local grassroots members with endorsed candidates running for state-level office End Citizens United (ECU) today announced it is endorsing nine reformers running for state-level office, including two governors and seven state legislative candidates in Arizona, all of whom are committed to fixing the broken campaign finance system. “While Washington […]

End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement calling on Judge Brett Kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination to the Supreme Court: “In light of the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, End Citizens United calls on Judge Kavanaugh to immediately withdraw his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court and resign from his position […]

In total, over 200 candidates rejecting corporate PAC money ran this cycle The No Corporate PAC Movement:   With the last of the 2018 primaries in the book, 124 no corporate PAC candidates have won their primaries and advanced to the general election in November. ECU has urged Democratic candidates and members of Congress to […]

Check out these detailed numbers on incumbent corporate PAC contributions Republicans incumbents in some of the most competitive House races in the country have raked in hundreds of thousands in corporate PAC money. As we previously posted in Special Interest 101: How to Calculate Corporate PAC Money, there’s not currently a public website that has […]

As faith in Washington hits an all-time low, Democratic candidates are making reform a flashpoint in their campaigns Series of scandals and corruption out of Washington affirm voters belief that we must clean up Congress now Mel Hall (IN-02) today unveiled a bold reform agenda aimed at ending the culture of corruption in Washington. The agenda […]

Speech Hosted by ECU Action Fund at Union Station With fifty-five days until Election Day, End Citizens United Action Fund hosted House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer for a major policy speech on government reform. Joined by End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller and Rep. John Sarbanes, Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, Hoyer outlined […]

Phillips is refusing PAC contributions while Paulsen has taken $2 million from PACs, the sixth most of all members of Congress this cycle End Citizens United (ECU) today launched a new TV ad in Minnesota, spotlighting Dean Phillips’ decision to run a campaign focused on people. Phillips is forgoing all PAC money in his race […]

End Citizens United (ECU) President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on Chris Pappas’ win in the New Hampshire-01 primary: “ECU congratulates Chris Pappas on his primary win. Chris is making reform a central theme in his campaign because he understands that the flood of special interest money in politics is blocking reform on the […]

New complaint calls for investigation into whether Scott accepted and New Republican Super PAC made illegal in-kind contributions by running ads to benefit Rick Scott’s campaign inside the 120 day period following Scott’s chairmanship of the Super PAC In April, ECU filed a complaint against Scott for coordinating with the New Republican Super PAC and […]

Tester’s bill to shine a light on election spending with quicker public reports set to become law Bill would save taxpayers $900,000 annually Washington, D.C. — End Citizens United (ECU) today congratulated Senator Jon Tester, who is on the cusp of passing his Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act into law. The bill will require Senate candidates to […]