Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress unanimously approves its...
Today, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress unanimously voted out of committee its second series of reforms. Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee issued the following...
View ArticleReps. Brian Mast (R-FL) and Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) co-sponsor the Honest Ads...
This week, Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL) and Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) joined in co-sponsoring the Honest Ads Act, the best first step to protect U.S. elections from foreign interference. This brings the total...
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Election security at risk: 5 loopholes that allow foreign interference in our...
Issue One’s latest report, “5 Loopholes That Allow Foreign Interference in Our Elections,” reveals how our broken political system allows China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries to interfere...
View ArticleIssue One: Support for election security is growing across political spectrum
Today, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon, retired Lieutenant Colonel and President of the London Center for Policy Research Tony Shaffer, and Vice...
View ArticleSenate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) supports increased election security...
Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee issued the following statement: This morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walked back his staunch opposition to further securing our...
View ArticleReps. Bill Posey (R-FL) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) co-sponsor the Honest...
This week, Reps. Bill Posey (R-FL) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) joined in co-sponsoring the Honest Ads Act, the best first step to secure our elections by preventing paid, foreign disinformation...
View ArticleArizona Senator Martha McSally (R) supports key election security legislation...
This week, Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally co-sponsored the DETER Act (S. 1060), one of the bills in the suite of legislative proposals Issue One’s “Don’t Mess With US” project highlights as...
View ArticleIssue One launches “FEC M.I.A.” to spotlight nation’s broken election watchdog
Today, Issue One launched FEC M.I.A. to hold the president and Senate accountable for allowing the nation’s election watchdog to effectively shutter, and call on all six seats on the FEC to be filled...
View ArticleExperts tell Capitol Hill staff of ongoing threats to U.S elections and how...
Election security experts were optimistic of Capitol Hill’s efforts to prevent foreign interference and harden U.S. election infrastructure ahead of November 2020 but called for more action at a staff...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee makes the case for the Honest Ads Act
This 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...
View ArticleMore than 90 national security leaders, former members of Congress, and top...
Today, Republican and Democratic former Defense Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Admiral James Loy, and 90 other former members of Congress,...
View ArticleNew report: Digital Disaster — The failures of Facebook, Google, and...
Issue One’s latest report, “Digital Disaster: The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies,” reveals how piecemeal, voluntary approaches by the largest social...
View ArticleThe House must extend the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Today, Issue One and 24 other organizations and individuals from across the political spectrum called on U.S. House leadership to extend the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in a joint...
View ArticleEvent: Decoding digital ads on Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter ahead...
Spending on digital political ads continues to grow as the 2020 election heats up. The top spenders – including President Donald Trump – are laser-focused on microtargeting potential donors and voters...
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Issue One’s Inaugural Teddy Roosevelt Courage Awards honors four bipartisan...
Issue One honors Senators Lankford (R-OK) & Klobuchar (D-MN), Representatives Gallagher (R-WI) & Kilmer (D-WA) with inaugural Teddy Roosevelt Courage Awards Inaugural awards honor bipartisan...
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While Washington is divided, Issue One celebrates bipartisan political reform...
Nearly 100 former members of Congress, political reform community leaders, board members, and donors celebrated with Issue One this month as we honored four members of Congress — Senators James...
View ArticleFCC admonishes TV stations for political ad non-disclosures following Issue...
Following complaints filed by Issue One and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) admonished two television stations this week for not properly disclosing...
View ArticleModernization Committee introduces bipartisan legislation with nearly 30...
Today, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress will introduce legislation (H.R. 756) that includes nearly 30 recommendations that were made by the committee and passed unanimously over...
View ArticleIssue One to House members: Vote for Modernizing Committee recommendations
Today, Issue One sent the following letter to all House offices urging them to vote in support the bipartisan recommendations from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. — Earlier this...
View ArticleStrong bipartisan election security measures poised to become law
As Congress and the president prepare to strengthen election security before the end of the year, Issue One CEO Nick Penniman issued the following statement: “This week, the House and Senate proved...
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