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Washington, D.C. — With Republicans in Congress increasingly imperiled by their own culture of corruption, today the Center for American Progress Action Fund released Profiles in Corruption, a new website that exposes the part that 25 vulnerable House Republicans have played in spreading that culture. The website will be the home base for a sustained campaign...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Republican culture of corruption found a new poster boy in Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY-27), who was arrested after being indicted for insider trading. Rep. Collins, who is extremely close to President Donald Trump, previously found himself defending this sort of behavior when it arose during the confirmation hearings of the now-disgraced...
Washington, D.C. — A new Center for American Progress Action Fund and GBA Strategies battleground survey of Republican-held congressional districts finds that the culture of corruption under Republican control of Washington has dramatically shifted the political landscape. In these districts where Republican candidates dominated by an average of 14 percentage points over the past two cycles, Democrats now...
"It’s no secret to his constituents that he has lived the American Dream." —Spokesperson for Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Washington, D.C. — The House Republican Conference is collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. The two members of Congress who have spearheaded the cover-ups of President Donald Trump’s wrongdoing, Reps. Jim Jordan (OH-04) and Devin Nunes...
Washington, D.C. — Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund on Monday, July 16 for an in-depth discussion with U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other key congresspersons who are leading the fight to restructure the rules of democracy in order to rebalance power for the people. They will discuss their...
Washington, D.C. — A new report from CAP Action’s Moscow Project shows that since the beginning of the Trump administration, the White House has demonstrated a clear and consistent pattern of behavior toward Russia by not only calling for better relations with the Kremlin, but also by actively advancing Russia’s foreign policy objectives. There is...
Washington, D.C. — In a new memo, CAPAF Executive Director Navin Nayak and End Citizens United President and Executive Director Tiffany Muller urge Democrats to reject corporate PAC money in response to public demands for change. Overall, 8 in 10 Americans think “the influence of money in politics” is getting worse, rather than better. This...
Washington, D.C. — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against public sector unions in Janus v. AFSCME, the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new issue brief illustrating how unions and expanded levels of collective bargaining are effective ways to close gender and racial pay gaps...
Washington, D.C. — In the wake of the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME—a direct attack on public-sector workers such as teachers, social workers, firefighters, and health care workers—the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new report offering policies for state and local policymakers to pursue in order to protect government workers. These...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new state-by-state analysis comparing the meager benefits of the tax bill for middle-class families with the impact of health care sabotage used to pay for the legislation. The analysis finds nationally that, next year, marketplace sabotage will increase benchmark plan premiums by $1,990 for...