Today’s bill introduction is the crest of a wave, but it’s also a new beginning.
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The Poison Papers Expose Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides and Other Chemicals
The Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy today are releasing a trove of rediscovered and newly digitized chemical industry and regulatory agency documents stretching back to the 1920s. The documents are available at PoisonPapers.org.
Watchdog Group Sues Utah AG for Withholding RAGA Documents
AG Reyes refuses to release records relating to his dealings with the Republican Attorneys General Association’s corporate cash-for-influence operation.
More Than 100 Groups Call on Secretaries of State to Protect Voter Rights by Rejecting Pence-Kobach Request for Sensitive Voter Data
CMD signed on to a letter along with 100 groups including The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights condemning Pence and Kobach’s request for American citizens’ personal information.
Reagan vs. Cities: The Battle Over South African Apartheid and Lessons for the Trump Era
New report shows parallels between Reagan and Trump threats against local governments and how cities and states successfully fought back.
Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Chairman Art Pope’s Extreme Agenda in North Carolina
Art Pope is a Republican mega-donor dubbed “Koch Jr.”
Ethics Groups and Experts Demand DOJ Appoint Special Counsel
CMD joined government watchdog groups and ethics experts in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein demanding that he appoint a special counsel to investigation the Russia influence scandal.
Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution
The Koch brothers say they don’t want a runaway constitutional convention, but that’s what their cash is likely to deliver.
Groups, Members of Congress Call for Scrutiny of Gorsuch’s Record on Money in Politics
CMD joined 120 other groups in a letter to Senate leadership and the Senate Judiciary Committee calling for scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s stance on big money in politics.