Members of Congress have lost control over spending
Members of Congress have lost control over spending. Package deals over budgets mean that individual members find it hard to make a mark.
August 27, 2020
What You Missed: A Bipartisan Hearing and Growing Consensus on Restoring Checks and Balances
An overview of the House Rules Committee’s Mar. 7, 2020, bipartisan hearing on restoring Congress’s role in foreign policy and national security decision-making
March 7, 2020
Principles for Reforms to War Powers and National Emergency Declarations
Protect Democracy has joined with a diverse ideological coalition that is working to fix our constitutional system of checks and balances by restoring Congress’s stake in decisions to go to war.
February 24, 2020
The Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2019
The Security from Political Interference in Justice Act aims to help restore the longstanding norm of Justice Department independence.
October 31, 2019
Bipartisan Coalition Letter in Support of Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2019
A cross-ideological coalition urges members of Congress to support the Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2019 to help defend the independence of the Justice Department.
September 21, 2019
Roadmap to Renewal
A proposal to renew our democracy through legislation, oversight, and other reforms.
July 4, 2018