By: Bertrand M. Gutierrez Two Democratic-leaning organizations said Friday that U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., should recuse himself from voting on Betsy DeVos as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary because she and relatives contributed money to his campaign. DeVos and relatives contributed a combined $43,200 during the 2016 election cycle, according to a […]

By: Emma Brown Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, is not just a prospective Cabinet member seeking confirmation from the U.S. Senate.  She is also a billionaire Republican donor whose family’s donations have funded the campaigns of many of the senators now tasked with voting on her nomination, including members of the […]

By: Richard Rainey Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he would not step aside during the confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary. That’s despite Cassidy receiving $70,200 in campaign contributions from DeVos and her relatives in 2014. “When people donate to my campaign they sign up for my agenda, I don’t […]

By: Rob Schofield Two national advocacy groups dedicated to combating big money corruption in politics are calling on Senator Richard Burr to recuse himself from considering Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Education Secretary. And from the sounds of the following release distributed by the groups (End Citizens United and Every Voice) they’ve got a heck […]

For Immediate Release Friday, January 6, 2017 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org End Citizens United and Every Voice members around the country demand recusal of Committee Members who have personally benefited from DeVos donations DeVos, a zealous opponent of campaign finance safeguards, represents the worst of a rigged Washington system   Today, money-in-politics reform groups End […]

By: Heather Caygle JAM JAM JAM— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has teed up a disastrous schedule for Democrats next week, jamming the chamber’s major events into one day and likely hampering a long-time Democratic strategy to attack Trump’s cabinet nominees and slow down the confirmation process. McConnell has scheduled “six Cabinet-level confirmations hearings for […]

Efforts include paid and earned media as well as grassroots organizing to hold Trump accountable on campaign finance reform End Citizens United (ECU) today launched the “Hold Trump Accountable” project to hold the President-elect accountable on campaign finance reform, and to expose his hypocrisy and broken promises. The first major initiative of ECU’s new Advocacy […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org Appointment would further empower billionaires and corporate special interests that have rigged the system Tillerson’s Exxon Mobil has stacked the deck to protect tax breaks for Big Oil, to block efforts to fight climate change, and to keep its political spending secret   End […]

THE MULTIFACETED EFFORT WILL ACTIVATE ECU’S MEMBERS AND HOLD CONGRESS AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE   By: Tiffany Muller Executive Director, End Citizens United More money and less transparency.  That’s the Republican plan for our campaign finance system. In 2017, the GOP will control every branch of government. They’re poised to push for new ways […]

End Citizens United taps into 2016’s frustration with establishment By Simone Pathe 2016 wasn’t the year Democrats wanted it to be. But for one PAC created this cycle to elect Democrats at the federal level, this year’s election results may actually validate support for their mission: getting big money out of politics. End Citizens United detects from […]