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Common Cause is a non-profit liberal advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. It was founded in 1970 by Republican John W. Gardner the former Secretary of Health Education and Welfare in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson a Democrat. The group was created to serve as a citizens’ lobby to establish greater transparency and accountability in U.S. political institutions.Common Cause’s most recent President and CEO was Robert W. Edgar a former Democratic member of the U.S.