[PAA-Discuss] Fight Citizens United

[Juli3 at aol.com]

We have to act fast if we  want to prevent the 2010 elections from becoming 
a special-interest driven  tragedy.

There are a number of good bills in the works to limit the  damage caused 
by the Roberts Court's indefensible Citizens United  ruling. But there is 
only one bipartisan proposal on the  table right now with substantial support 
in Congress that would change the  rules of the game in Washington and put 
voters – not corporations and  unions – in charge of elections: the Fair 
Elections Now  Act.

Please call Rep. Al Green today and urge  support for the Fair Elections 
Now Act (H.R. 1826).  The  number is (202) 225-7508.

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In last week's State  of the Union address, President Obama said: 
"The Supreme Court  reversed a century of law that I believe will open the 
floodgates for  special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend 
without limit  in our elections ...and I urge Democrats and Republicans to 
pass a bill  that helps correct some of these problems."

Congress appears  poised to take on this issue. Lawmakers will hold three 
hearings on  the court decision this week. But we can't sit back and wait for 
 congressional action. We must press our elected leaders to move quickly to 
 make sure the Fair Elections Now Act is part of any Citizens  United 
response package.

More than 125 Representatives are  already co-sponsors of this important 
bill. Can you take a moment  to ask Rep. Green to join the growing chorus of 
voices demanding Fair  Elections?  The phone number for the Capitol Hill 
office is  (202) 225-7508.

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Thanks for  all you do.

Sincerely,

Bob Edgar
and the rest of the team  at Common Cause

P.S. Today marks the beginning of Fair  Elections Action Week. We're 
joining with many of our coalition  partners for a _nationwide  call-in day today_ 
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