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KJP says NBD The letter’s signatories include: progressive outfits American Oversight and Demand Progress, the conservative Americans for Prosperity and R Street Institute and New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, among others. Endnotes
Florida governor and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weigh in on election reform on 'The Ingraham Angle' A liberal dark money group bankrolled by a Swiss foreign national is spending big on lobbying in favor of Democrats' election overhauls, including H.R. 1, filings show. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a fiscal sponsor and clearinghouse for dozens of left-wing groups and projects, has poured nearly $2 million into the efforts to sway senators on issues ranging from H.R.1 to D.C. statehood to the Voting Rights Act Amendment. H.R. 1 is the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation ...
The Senate bill, which is identical to the House version introduced today, is supported by a broad coalition [2] of advocates from across the political spectrum, including: American Civil Liberties Union, American Conservative Union, Americans for Prosperity, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Demand Progress, Due Process Institute, FreedomWorks, Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, Innocence Project, Justice Action Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Taxpayers Un...
Progressives ramp up pressure on Biden's Wall Street cop after hiring fiasco POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Zachary Warmbrodt © Evan Vucci/AP Photo Gary Gensler rattled progressives by naming a veteran corporate defense lawyer, Alex Oh, to lead the agency’s policing of financial wrongdoing Sen. Elizabeth Warren in January praised Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, as a “tenacious” Wall Street regulator. Now, after a turbulent first two weeks on the job for Gensler, Warren and her allies are sending a new message: Do ...
Barre-Montpelier Times Argus A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, has proposed banning police from buying access to user data from data brokers, including ones that “illegitimately obtained” their records. “The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act” is sponsored by 20 members of the U.S. Senate. The proposed act: â« Requires the government to get a court order to compel data brokers to disclose data — the same kind of court order needed to compel data from tech and phone companies. â« Stops law enforcement and intelligence a...