By: Tiffany Muller During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called his opponents “puppets” of big donors and promised to forgo big money donations. Since then, he’s put on some puppet strings of his own. Trump has raked in millions in donations, Super PAC contributions, and secretive dark money spending from those same mega-donors, and he’s […]

By: Elena Schneider Q1 FILINGS — Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp raised $1.6 million, has over $2 million on hand: It’s a first-quarter-of-the-off-year record in North Dakota (something you may be hearing a lot this year, as both parties’ fired-up bases attack records like ‘roided-up East German shot putters). Still: “The disclosure suggests Heitkamp, who will […]

Campaign Finance Reform PAC Entirely Funded by Small-Dollar Donors Kicks-off Q1 with $4 Million Raised; $12 Average Contribution   End Citizens United (ECU) today announced that it will raise $35 million for the 2018 cycle, surpassing the $25 million it raised for the 2016 elections. As a political action committee entirely funded by low-dollar, grassroots […]

Fredereka Schouten April 4, 2017 WASHINGTON — End Citizens United, a political action committee focused on driving big money out of politics, is raising some big money of its own. The group collected more than $4 million during the first three months of this year and projects it will raise $35 million ahead of the 2018 […]

Cites Gorsuch’s extreme position on money in politics; ruling that corporations are people Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court has a record of putting corporations’ interests ahead of people   End Citizens United Executive Director Tiffany Muller released the following statement on Senator Jon Tester’s announcement that he will oppose Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee […]

By: Meteor Blades Lauren McCauley at CommonDreams writes: “… Gorsuch has ‘refused to outright state his stance on critical Supreme Court decisions certain to face challenges in upcoming years, such as Roe v. Wade.” However, many are concerned about the ultra-conservative, dark money groups backing his confirmation and what that could mean for the balance of the U.S. […]

LAS VEGAS, Nv – Today, Nevada Representatives Dina Titus (NV-1) and Ruben Kihuen (NV-4) joined with former Arizona Congressman Ron Barber (AZ-2) to rally with End Citizens United in Las Vegas in opposition to Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The rally, part of the national day of action organized by The People’s Defense, comes […]

By: Tiffany Muller  In his piece advocating for Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the Supreme Court this week, Shaun McCutcheon writes that the Supreme Court case named after him “empowers voters.” It’s a ridiculous, but unsurprising, claim. The decision was entirely about allowing a handful of big political donors to gain even more influence over our […]

By: Yvonne Gonzalez Opponents of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court are planning a national day of action ahead of next week’s expected Senate vote. Reps. Dina Titus and Ruben Kihuen, both D-Nev., are expected to join End Citizens United board member Ron Barber, a former Democratic congressman for Arizona, at a rally […]

Expands Research and Communications Team Ahead of 2018 Cycle   WASHINGTON, DC — End Citizens United (ECU) today announced the hiring of Dorothy Scheeline as research director and Anne Feldman as press secretary. Dorothy comes to ECU with an extensive background in political research as well as nonpartisan advocacy. Prior to joining ECU, Dorothy served as […]