He is fighting to crack down on dark money in politics, strengthen ethics rules, and restore trust in government.
Crack down on dark money in politics, strengthen ethics rules, and restore trust in government.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov lists Jason Crow among cosponsors of H.R.11. The CRS summary says the bill addresses campaign finance, including foreign spending prohibitions, additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, political-ad disclaimers, and an alternative campaign funding system. Latest action: referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security on 2024-12-17; status: Introduced.
The bill text includes TITLE VI--CAMPAIGN FINANCE TRANSPARENCY, Subtitle A--DISCLOSE Act, and states that campaign finance disclosure should reveal the true and original source of money spent to influence federal elections. The text also names dark money as funding for political activity not traceable to actual donors.
Congress.gov lists Jason Crow among cosponsors. The bill passed the House on 2021-03-03 by 220-210 and was received in the Senate on 2021-03-11. The CRS summary says the bill addresses campaign finance and ethics for all three branches, including disclosure, disclaimers, Supreme Court ethics, and conflict-of-interest provisions.
House Clerk roll call 62 records H.R.1, For the People Act, vote question On Passage, status Passed, 220 yeas to 210 nays. The vote list records Crow, Democratic, Colorado, voting Yea.
Congress.gov lists Jason Crow among cosponsors of H.R.1. The bill status is Passed House; it passed the House on 2019-03-08 by 234-193 and was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on 2019-03-14.
Congress.gov member activity for the 119th Congress lists Crow as sponsor of H.R.7060, No Political Enemies Act, introduced 2026-01-14 and referred to Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, with status Introduced. It also lists H.J.Res.136, Democracy Day, introduced 2026-01-06 and referred to Oversight and Government Reform.
Assessments
Crow materially supported campaign-finance and ethics reform measures, including cosponsoring For the People Act versions and H.R.11/Freedom to Vote Act provisions addressing dark money disclosure, and later introduced democracy/trust-related measures in the term after the 2024 campaign. However, the cited bills either only passed the House or remained introduced/referred and did not become law, so the promised federal crackdown on dark money, strengthened ethics rules, and restored trust in government was not delivered. This qualifies as a serious legislative effort without enactment.