Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life by targeting government officials -- regardless of party affiliation -- who sacrifice the common good to special interests. CREW advances its mission using a combination of research, litigation and media outreach.
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 08, 2013 CREW Files DOJ, FEC Complaints Against Payday Lender for Illegal Conduit Contribution to Super PAC Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Sherry L. Huff, Carey Vaughn Brown, several companies in Mr. Brown’s Internet payday lending empire, and the Republican Union PAC regarding a $1 million “conduit” contribution. Ms. Huff, an employee of Mr. Brown, appears to have made the $1 million contribution to the Republican Union PAC for Mr. Brown or one of his many companies. Read CREW's complaints: Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 12, 2012 CREW to Government: Make Ethics a Priority Today, CREW called on both House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to ensure that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) continues its operations in the 113th Congress without interruption by reactivating the agency and quickly appointing new board members. Read the letter to Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 06, 2012 CREW Congratulates November's Scoundrel of the Month: Crossroads GPS Karl Rove and his dark money minions at Crossroads GPS suffered a series of expensive defeats on Election Day, but thanks to your votes the group is taking home a small consolation prize as November’s Scoundrel of the Month. Although Crossroads GPS has a long history of playing fast and loose with election rules, even we were shocked by how brazenly the group violated campaign finance law when soliciting donations to fund ads for specific races. Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 20, 2012 CREW Calls for Investigation of Secret EPA Email Accounts Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG) Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. to investigate whether EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and other EPA employees established alias email accounts and are using private email accounts to conduct official business. Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 15, 2012 CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Crossroads GPS for Failing to Disclose Donors Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against Crossroads GPS for violating federal election law by failing to disclose the identities of contributors who — according to Karl Rove — donated $6 million specifically to fund independent expenditures in the Ohio Senate race. Additionally, Crossroads GPS also broke the law by soliciting donations to be spent on the Virginia, Montana, and Nevada Senate races, but failed to disclose the donors. Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 01, 2012 CREW Releases New Report Detailing Web Tracking in Politics Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its latest report, Web Crawlers: How Candidates and Political Groups Track You Online . New research by CREW found visitors to the websites of the presidential candidates, party committees, and top-spending outside groups in 2012 are being tagged by dozens of sophisticat Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 09, 2012 CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Murray Energy Corporation and CEO Robert Murray Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against the Murray Energy Corporation, the Murray Energy Corporation PAC, and the company’s Chairman, President, and CEO Robert E. Murray, following a report that appeared in the October 4, 2012 issue of The New Republic. The complaint alleges Mr. Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 18, 2012 CREW Statement on DC Circuit Court Decision to Allow Dark Money Today the D.C. Circuit Court issued a wrong-headed decision in what is becoming a long litany of flawed court opinions that ignore legislative intent and keep voters in the dark. The three-judge panel overturned a lower federal court’s ruling in Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission , which ruled that the FEC improperly narrowed the scope of McCain-Feingold’s donor disclosure requirements. Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, September 12, 2012 CREW Names the 12 Most Corrupt Members of Congress; Eight More Earn Dishonorable Mentions Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress report, which takes a bipartisan look at Washington’s worst. Members on this year’s list engaged in misconduct ranging from misusing congressional staff to orchestrating and accepting illegal campaign contributions, and even using campaign donations for personal expenses. In this year’s report, 12 members were named to the list, while eight more garnered dishonorable mentions. Additionally, 11 of the 20 members are making their Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 28, 2012 CREW Calls on DOE Inspector General to Investigate Violations of Federal Records Law Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (IG) Gregory H. Friedman to investigate whether DOE employees are purposefully using private email accounts for official business in order to shield the contents from the public and avoid having these messages captured by the department’s record keeping system. Read more |