Born in Pennsylvania in 1941, Harshbarger is a 1964 graduate of Harvard University and a 1968 graduate of Harvard Law School. As President and CEO of Common Cause, Harshbarger will oversee all program activities, finances, and communications for the organization. Common Cause is a nonpartisan citizens' lobby founded in 1970 by John Gardner. Common Cause has worked for nearly 30 years to make government more open, honest, and accountable at the federal, state, and local levels. The organization's current national issue priorities include enacting effective campaign finance reform, serving as a campaign finance watchdog to identify abuses in the presidential election, improving enforcement of campaign finance laws, fighting to eliminate corporate welfare, and upholding government ethics.
Public participation is at an all time low.
Voting is down. Cynicism is up. But I believe in our system of government, and so does Common Cause.