The 2016 bill is similar to this week’s IRS 501(c)(4) rule change which made it impossible to determine how dark money groups are funded Ethics experts say the change will make it harder for the government to identify dealings like those of Russian spy Maria Butina and the NRA With Rep. Will Hurd facing his most […]

Today on a press call with Montana media, End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller called on Matt Rosendale, East Coast developer and candidate for Montana Senate, to return money he funned to his campaign through a scheme that has been compared to money laundering. Last week, a Daily Beast report exposed his plan to cook the […]

Campaign finance watchdog group Campaign Legal Center has filed an FEC complaint regarding the illegal activity Brad Todd, the man at the center of the scandal, is main consultant to Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley Following Politico’s report that the National Rifle Association (NRA) may have violated federal law by using a shell company to illegally coordinate […]

In the first television ad of his campaign, Brent Welder, End Citizens United endorsed candidate for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, highlights his work writing “the democratic amendment to ban corporate money from campaigns” and fighting the corrupt system in Washington. Welder is among a wave of candidates this cycle who are refusing to take corporate PAC money […]

Yesterday, End Citizens United (ECU) President Tiffany Muller rebuked Thomas Mitchell’s latest column in the Elko Daily Free Press for his criticism of the DISCLOSE Act. In a letter to the editor, Muller touts the DISCLOSE Act as a critical step in advancing donor disclosure and restoring transparency in our elections. Elko Daily Free Press: Letter: Congress […]

ECU President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on the IRS 501(c)(4) rule change, GOP efforts to repeal the Johnson Amendment, and House Republicans’ rejection of the DISCLOSE Act: “It shouldn’t be a surprise that the American people believe the system is rigged in favor of Big Money special interests. Over the past week, President Trump, the IRS, […]

End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Senator Tina Smith for U.S. Senate. A critic of the Citizens United decision, Smith is committed to curbing the undue influence of Big Money in politics. ECU also applauds Smith for opposing Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “Senator Smith understands that special interests have far too much influence in our elections, […]

58 percent of all Democratic House challengers who outraised their opponents reject corporate PAC money In the second quarter of 2018, 32 no corporate PAC candidates outraised their GOP incumbent opponents. Additionally, at least 14 House challengers rejecting corporate PAC money have announced million-dollar-plus hauls in Q2. As Politico noted, “there is no historical parallel to this class […]

Coinciding with endorsement, candidates announce rejection of corporate PAC money Washington, D.C. — End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed five new candidates running for U.S. Congress, all of whom are also announcing that they are rejecting corporate PAC money in their campaigns. The endorsed candidates are: Josh Welle (NJ-04), Tedra Cobb (NY-21), Dana Balter (NY-24), George Scott (PA-10), and Ron DiNicola (PA-16). “Americans […]

Judicial Crisis Network, the dark money group supporting Kavanaugh, sent text messages to Hoosiers under the guise of communication from Senator Donnelly   End Citizens United (ECU) today said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should investigate the Judicial Crisis Network for a potential violation of federal consumer protection laws. As reported in the IndyStar, the Judicial […]