On Thursday, June 22, we took the next step in Lieu v. FEC, the lawsuit that could end super PACs, by directly challenging in federal court the Federal Election Commission’s refusal to enforce federal contribution limits against super PACs.
Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub today told her fellow Commissioners that the FEC must “respond forcefully” to reports of foreign attempts to influence the 2016 election. As she explained, “This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for our democracy.”
St. Petersburg City Council votes 5-3 to move forward a model law to abolish super PACs and limit foreign corporate money in local elections. Read our release.
Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub penned an op-ed today to the Tampa Bay Times, on our proposed ordinance in St. Petersburg to abolish super PACs and limit foreign influence in local elections. The commissioner writes,
On Friday, Radioactivity host Rob Lorei spoke with Free Speech For People co-founder John Bonifaz, on campaign finance reform in St. Pete and impeaching President Trump.
Today, three leading public interest organizations will hand deliver more than 200,000 petition signatures to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), calling on the agency to immediately investigate whether Russian agents and the Trump campaign violated federal campaign finance laws during the 2016 campaign.
Join a conversation with Angela Peoples (GetEQUAL and No Justice, No Pride), Mara Keisling (National Center for Transgender Equality), Shayla (HIPS), Candace Bond-Theriault (National LGBTQ Task Force), and Jasmine Gomez (Free Speech For People) about how our democracy does not work for many queer or trans people.
Free Speech For People Joins United to Protect Democracy & Others to Sign a Letter to the Inspector General & Department of Justice: Step in Forcefully on WH/DOJ Communications, Prevent Further Damage.
On May 30, Scott Harris of Between the Lines interviewed our Legal Director Ron Fein on mounting evidence around the calls for launching an impeachment investigation of President Trump.
Free Speech For People is pleased to welcome Shanna Cleveland as Senior Counsel, our newest addition to our Legal Advocacy Program.