Dean Phillips, candidate for Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, highlighted his platform to unrig Washington and get money out of politics in an interview with WCCO CBS Minnesota yesterday. Phillips discussed his challenge to Congressman Paulsen to sign the “The Minnesota Way” pledge, a commitment to keep special interest money out of the MN-3 race and be accessible to voters. Phillips is […]

ECU endorsed candidate Lisa Brown (WA-05) has released a new ad spotlighting her commitment to curbing the influence of Big Money in Congress and her decision to reject corporate PAC money. “Well the D.C. dark money insiders have set up shop in Eastern Washington. They’re here to run millions of dollars in negative ads just to tear […]

Washington, D.C. — End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed three new candidates running for House, all of whom are committed to getting Big Money out of politics. The endorsed candidates are: Josh Harder (CA-10), Katie Hill (CA-25), and Steven Horsford (NV-04). “Americans are fed up with the rigged system in Washington where mega-donors and special interests […]

In a heavily Republican district, Andrew Janz trails incumbent Devin Nunes by eight points, 41 – 49 percent Washington, D.C. – A new poll commissioned by End Citizens United (ECU) and conducted by PPP, shows Andrew Janz, candidate for California’s 22nd Congressional District, trailing Congressman Devin Nunes by eight points, 41 to 49 percent. “Californians […]

Change is never easy—in our personal lives, in business and certainly in politics. But Democrats have a golden opportunity to be the party that breaks up the status quo. Democrats can change how they are perceived by the public in order to both win more elections and begin restoring trust in our government. In more […]

Following Jason Crow’s strong showing in Tuesday’s primary, End Citizens United (ECU) is putting the spotlight on his opponent Congressman Mike Coffman. ECU named Coffman to its Big Money 20, a list of the group’s top targets to defeat because they put the interests of donors ahead of their constituents. Facing a formidable challenger in first-time candidate and […]

A recent bipartisan poll conducted by the George W. Bush Institute, Biden Center and Freedom House shows that money in politics is one of the top reasons people believe the government does not represent them. Americans know that too many politicians are in the pocket of special interests which is one reason why voters in Colorado’s sixth […]

Proposals aimed at fixing our broken campaign finance system, strengthening ethics laws, and empowering voters End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement applauding the introduction of the By The People reform package sponsored by Representative John Sarbanes (MD-03), Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force and co-sponsored by 162 House members: “The American people are tired of […]

End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: “As the author of the Citizens United decision, Justice Kennedy opened the floodgates for unlimited, often anonymous, political donations and redefined public corruption, essentially selling our government to the highest bidders. His replacement could be the deciding vote in efforts to reverse […]

Building on previous versions of the DISCLOSE Act, this year’s bill includes improvements that help make it stronger Companion bills introduced in Senate and House by Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Cicilline (D-RI) End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement praising the introduction of the 2018 DISCLOSE Act: “It’s no secret that […]