October 12, 2022 – Today, Issue One announced the launch of the Council for Responsible Social Media (CRSM), a crosspartisan and bipartisan group of national leaders united to hold social media platforms to higher standards and advocate for fundamental changes to the social media platforms. Members include religious and business leaders, children’s health and national […]
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Bipartisan panel with Reps. Roy & Spanberger discusses why it’s time to ban stock trading by members of Congress
Issue One joined today with the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) to host a bipartisan panel about why it’s time to ban stock trading by members of Congress. The 45 minute-long conversation featured one panel with Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), former Reps. Brian Baird (D-WA) and Zach Wamp (R-TN), Elise Wirkus of […]
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Bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity: State legislatures must respect the will of the people
November 6, 2020 – The bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity — a group of more than 40 former elected officials, former Cabinet secretaries, retired military officials, and civic leaders — issued the following statement about how electoral slates should be appointed: “In America, we hold elections for the people to determine their elected leaders, […]
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Senate Intelligence Committee makes the case for the Honest Ads Act
Oct. 15, 2019 – Last week’s bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian foreign interference in the 2016 election is the latest and most definitive case for new legislation that would help improve transparency for online political ads as a way to bolster election security. “The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 requires political advertisements on television, […]
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Where 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand Disclosing Big Dollar Bundlers
April 22, 2019 – Earlier this month, Issue One led a broad coalition of organizations calling on 2020 presidential campaigns to disclose their bundlers, individuals who often receive plum postings (such as ambassadorships) on behalf of their work delivering “bundled” contributions and currying favor with candidates for office. From a new story by Editor & Senior […]
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House and Senate Introduce Honest Ads Act today to combat Russian influence in U.S. politics
Oct. 19, 2017 – Today, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John McCain (R-AZ) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan “Honest Ads Act” to combat interference by foreign entities in U.S. politics. The bill would ensure that paid political advertising appearing on large online platforms would be subject to similar disclosure standards that are currently applied […]
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Meredith McGehee: White House Refusing to Publicly Release Visitor Logs is Unfortunate
April 17, 2017 – Issue One Chief of Policy Meredith McGehee’s Response to reports of the White House refusing to publicly release its visitor logs: What an unfortunate and ill-judged decision by the White House. From dismissing decades of tradition by declining to release his tax returns to refusing to place his assets in a blind […]
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Meredith McGehee: The President is not above the law or the Constitution
Nov. 22, 2016 – Meredith McGehee is Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy Today in a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, President-elect Donald Trump made the spurious claim that, “The law is totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” The president can indeed have a conflict. That is […]