Legal Actions - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW submits comment to Congress on judicial ethics reforms

Congress should prohibit judges from owning individual stocks and apply the federal criminal conflict of interest statute to the judiciary.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

FEC should close campaign expenditure transparency loopholes

The FEC should require political campaigns to itemize subvendor spending or risk abuses of funds, like the enrichment of family members.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

The Department of Education must reform Public Service Loan Forgiveness program record keeping practices

The Education Department mismanaged student loan payments of at least 29,000 public servants who would have qualified for loan forgiveness.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

Cawthorn should be removed from committees

Rep. Cawthorn be stripped of his committee assignments following his recent statements calling for violence and undermining our democracy.

Letters

Policy & Reform

CREW submits comment to NARA on its 2022-2026 strategic plan

CREW has submitted a comment to NARA encouraging a revision of their records appraisal policies and a commitment to reform that includes and accounts for the interests and viewpoints of “underserved communities.”

Letters

Transparency

Congress should require greater transparency using appropriations bills

Transparency is essential to holding the government accountable for their actions, and the power of the purse, which is key to creating stronger transparency throughout government, should not be ignored. Congress has the power to ensure that greater transparency is a requirement, not an option.

CREW submits comment to Congress on judicial ethics reforms

FEC should close campaign expenditure transparency loopholes

The Department of Education must reform Public Service Loan Forgiveness program record keeping practices

Cawthorn should be removed from committees

CREW submits comment to NARA on its 2022-2026 strategic plan

Congress should require greater transparency using appropriations bills

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