Sign and send the petition: Senate to vote on repealing Citizens United & McCutcheon next week 4SEP14

THE supreme court was wrong in it's citizens united v Federal Election Commission / FEC  and mccutcheon v FEC rulings. Corporations are not people and they should never have been given legal cover to buy our elections. The 1% must not be allowed to buy our elections. On 8 SEP 14, next Monday, the US Senate will vote on Senate Joint Resolution 19 to overturn the citizens united and mccutcheon rulings. Click here to go sign the petition demanding your senators vote yes! From +Daily Kos 

Sign and send the petition: Senate to vote on repealing Citizens United next week

On September 8th, the U.S. Senate will vote on a constitutional amendment to overrule the Citizens United andMcCutcheon decisions—which opened the floodgates for corporations to hijack our democracy.

With control of the Senate at stake this November, and with campaign season now in full gear, it will be a crucial vote to determine which senators stand with the American people—and who supports the multi-billionaires.

Sign and send the petition to your two U.S. Senators, urging them to vote “yes” on Senate Joint Resolution 19—a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United andMcCutcheon, whether they have come out in support or not.

Please personalize your message in order to make your e-mail more effective, using the text below as a proposed template.

2014 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

 
2014 Midterm elections. Many bitch about the state of our nation, about a do nothing Congress, about the agenda of the left, right, Republicans, Democrats, tea-baggers, and yet will return their Representative and Senators to office. And too many will not vote! Before casting a ballot in November people need to take a look at their district and state and really consider if their elected officials on Capital Hill and in our state legislatures and governors offices are representing their best interest by representing the best interest of those who contribute the most to their campaigns. Are jobs being created in your district and state or do they continue to leave the country? Is the infrastructure continuing to disintegrate or are improvements and upgrades being made? Are your districts schools adequately funded or overcrowded, under-supplied and in disrepair? Are the social safety net programs needed by so many fully funded and available or are the retired, the poor, and working poor being left to fend for themselves? Do you see news reports from Third World countries and look out your window and see little difference between the situation in those countries and your community? Maybe it is time for all of us to take a honest look at who our elected officials are representing and vote for a change. And for too many of us maybe it is time to get registered and to vote. 

U.S.Campaign Finance "With the people, for the people, by the people, I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, 'cause that's what really happens." -Fannie Lou Hamer 10APR14

 

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"With the people, for the people, by the people, I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, 'cause that's what really happens."
-Fannie Lou Hamer

Support campaign finance reform now

Echoing the Citizens United case, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC promises to flood our democratic process with even more money. Sign the petition below to demand meaningful campaign finance reform now.

All Members of both political parties:

We have passed laws to reform the campaign finance system in the past, and we can do so again.

Whether it’s comprehensive campaign finance reform or a constitutional amendment, I urge you to take immediate action to protect the voices of all Americans by reversing the effects of Citizens United and McCutcheon.

Our democracy is not for sale.

WE can never give up the fight to overturn the recent Supreme Court decisions on campaign finance. This country doesn't belong to the rich and powerful, it belongs to all of us. We must keep up the pressure on all our elected officials at the local, state and national levels to pass campaign finance reform or a constitutional amendment. While you may be tired of this issue, tired of the petitions and e mails, and may even be thinking the wealthy and corporate America are to powerful to win this fight we can not give up. Please sign this latest petition....

Please sign the petition from Daily Kos and a coalition of Democratic members of Congress demanding comprehensive campaign finance reform or a constitutional amendment in response to Citizens United and the new McCutcheon Supreme Court decision. Click here to add your name.

The Supreme Court’s new, horrifying McCutcheon decision—so soon after Citizens United—promises to flood our democratic process with even more money.

The Koch Brothers can now write a check to every Republican in the country. And that’s really scary.

But we need to remember that we have passed laws to reform the campaign finance system in the past, and we can do it again. Our work begins today.

Join Daily Kos and a coalition of Democratic members of Congress to sign the petition “our democracy is not for sale”—and pledge to support campaign finance reform now.

Keep fighting,
Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos