The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust (FACT) is dedicated to promoting accountability, ethics, and transparency in government and civic arenas
In an op-ed FACT had published earlier this year, this is literally one of our many policy recommendations for cleaning up Congress. Obviously, we support it fully.
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After his whole charade and FACT filing a complaint against him, only one question comes to mind: Who could have possibly seen something like this coming?
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COMPLAINT FILED: Whether at the federal or state level, using government resources for politics and campaigning is NEVER allowed.
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Yet another one…
The sheer number of these cases should raise serious public concern over the character and seriousness of the people we are electing.
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If one wanted to be positive, perhaps this could be viewed as an example of the system working. Regardless, it is critical we do not let the general state of ethics in Congress right now become the new normal.
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FACT spoke at length for this article on the controversial and still unfolding $6.2M noncompetitive bid contract given out by California Gov. Newsom to political donors.
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It’s sad we need a law to say this, but at the moment it appears we do. Voters selecting high-character people in elections is also imperative.
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COMPLAINT FILED: This week FACT took action on a case involving the California governor and multiple state contracts recently awarded to Democrat donors.
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Here's a story from yesterday on our most recent work. The facts of this case simply smell wretched--there's no other way to see it.
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"The bill would prevent candidates from betting on their campaigns"...we hate to go out on a limb here, but seems like a no-brainer.
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Here is FACT’s latest op-ed—dealing with the recent ethics reckoning in Congress, and 5 concrete actions that would start actually solving the problem.
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"Criticism has come from ethics watchdogs and good-government groups, including California Common Cause and the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, which argue that the system allows elected officials to steer large donations from interests with business before the state..."
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Voters deserve to know when they’re watching campaign-funded content. And the bottom line is if you are being PAID to say positive things about a candidate it is an advertisement--and the LAW REQUIRES it.
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