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Policy Work

We use our team’s deep expertise to craft policy and intervene in debates to serve the interests of people, not entrenched power.

For questions about our policy work, please contact Demand Progress Policy Director Daniel Schuman at [email protected]

Report on Recommendations to Strengthen Congressional Oversight

A New Funding Model for the GAO and Financial Relief for Congress

Organizations Send Letter To HSGAC Encouraging The Advancement Of Legislation That Support Inspectors General

Oral Presentation Before The House Select Committee On The Modernization Of Congress Regarding Increasing Collaboration

Coalition Sends Letter to House Rules and Armed Services Committees Urging Congress to Address the Revolving Door in the FY 2022 NDAA

Former Members of Congress and Civil Society Call for Congress to Address Continuity Vulnerabilities

Privacy Coalition Recommendations for Department of Homeland Security

Coalition Letter Asking Chief Justice Roberts and the Supreme Court to Make Live Audio Permanent

Bipartisan Coalition Urges Appropriators to Restore Congress’ Power of the Purse

Groups Thank Modernization Committee for Proposals Included in the FY 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill and Report

27 Groups Urge Support for the Lofgren-Massie Amendment to CJS Approps to Rein in Sec 702 of FISA

Civil Society Organizations Thank House Legislative Branch Appropriators For Investing in Congressional Capacity

113 Organizations Demand End of Unlawful Lethal Strikes Outside Battlefields

Letter From Good Government Groups Supporting The IG Independence and Empowerment Act (H.R. 2662)

45 Organizations Urge Congress: Reject the Pentagon’s Request for FOIA Secrecy (Again)

23 Groups Condemn Justice Dept. Surveillance of Congress & Press, Call for Reforms

A Dozen Organizations Endorse A Letter of Support for House CAO Staff Benefits Study

Demand Progress FY 2022 Testimony Concerning Review of Legislative Branch Salaries and Creation of an Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the Senate; Prepared by Demand Progress, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, for the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2022

Nearly 20 Groups Send Letter to Congress Urging Them To Recommit To Modernizing The Judiciary’s Records System

Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter to Senate Leadership Urging Them to Address Continuity in an Emergency