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The administration has backed down, but the census war rages on. → Read More
An obscure congressional committee may help make Congress relevant again. → Read More
Republicans used to back election security, but now GOP leaders are taking their cue from the White House. → Read More
democracy_rules.jpg Of all the Federal Election Commission’s many chronic breakdowns in recent years, its failure to take the slightest action to either stave off or respond to Russian meddling in the 2016 election is the most damaging to American democracy. → Read More
There’s already ample evidence that Donald Trump violated the campaign finance laws, and the core question of whether he received illegal election help from Russia remains unanswered. → Read More
Republican voter fraud allegations are getting embarrassing—and politically damaging—for the GOP. → Read More
democracy_rules.jpg Recent findings that voter turnout broke a century-old record last year and could cause another “100-year storm of voters” in 2020 must play on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s worst fears. → Read More
democracy_rules.jpg A sweeping anti-corruption bill marching toward approval in the House is not expected to make it past the Senate, but Democrats may not need legislation to get at least part of their wish: a small donor revolution that dilutes the power of big money. → Read More
New disclosures surface every day in the Russia collusion probes, but mundane campaign-finance violations may once again cause Trump his biggest headaches. → Read More
[[nid:232045]] democracy_rules.jpg When the House approved a package of rules changes at the beginning of this year aimed at making Congress work better, not many people took notice. → Read More
It’s easy enough for House Democrats to approve a package of democracy reforms that they know Mitch McConnell will scuttle. It will be harder to swear off big money, and work with Republicans on lasting fixes. → Read More
Republican power grabs in the Midwest could cost the GOP dearly in 2020. → Read More
Republicans have scoffed at allegations of voting rights violations in Georgia, but a lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams allies catalogues disenfranchisement in grim detail. → Read More
Conflicts of interest, dilapidated machines, erratic election administration, and voter suppression were on full display in this midterm, giving Congress plenty to fix. → Read More
Whether or not they prevail on Election Day, women, immigrants, African Americans, and youth voters will emerge from this midterm stronger than before. → Read More
Voters will consider close to two dozen ballot initiatives to fix the broken political process and open up democracy this fall, but GOP legislators are moving to rig the system still further. → Read More
A National Park Service plan to impose harsh new fines and restrictions on public protesters takes Donald Trump’s assault on the First Amendment to a whole new level. → Read More
Republicans on Capitol Hill have done nothing to fix the broken foreign lobbying laws, but are instead hounding environmental groups as supposed foreign agents. → Read More
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh doesn't think much of campaign-finance transparency, foreign money restrictions, or even contribution limits-leaving few political money fixes that may pass constitutional muster. → Read More
The political corruption wave that's rolled ever higher under President Trump may be cresting soon, as judges and voters rediscover their enthusiasm for the rule of law. → Read More