HUGE: Senate Vote on Constitutional Amendment

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Ross Wallen, USAction" <action@usaction.org>
Date: May 15, 2014 5:43 PM
Subject: HUGE: Senate Vote on Constitutional Amendment
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Cc:

Sign this petition to the Senate: Vote for Sen. Udall's constitutional amendment to undo disastrous Supreme Court decisions that reduce our voice and rig our elections for huge corporations and billionaires. Take Action » Daniel — HUGE news! Today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced support for a constitutional amendment to reverse disastrous Supreme Court decisions on money in politics. In the Citizens United vs FEC and McCutcheon vs FEC rulings, the corporate wing of the Supreme Court reduced our voice to empower huge corporations and billionaires like the Koch Brothers to flood even more money into our elections. Passing a constitutional amendment will not be easy, so we need to respond quickly and build on this momentum to build a democracy that works for all of us. Sign here and we'll deliver your signature to the Senate in advance of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 3rd. GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, out of touch with his constituents and public opinion, called the effort "the ultimate act of radicalism" and called on his Republican friends to reject anything that would reduce the impact of big money in elections. But we know that money is not the same as free speech. Help us show Mitch that Americans are sick and tired of a system rigged to benefit the ultra-rich and big corporations at the expense of working people and our voice in our democracy. Sen. Reid gets it and he needs our support to make this happen. From his remarks on the Senate floor today: "the flood of special interest money into our American democracy is one of the greatest threats our system of government has ever faced. Let's keep our elections from becoming speculative ventures for the wealthy and put a stop to the hostile takeover of our democratic system by a couple of billionaire oil barons." We agree. If you do too, join us to to help create a democracy that works for all of us, not just huge corporations and billionaires. Onward, Ross Wallen USAction P.S. Chip in $5 to support our work to fix the rigged system -- Money out. Voters in.

CONTRIBUTE »

USAction, 1825 K St. NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20006

---

Click here if you would like to unsubscribe from our email list: http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/salsa/supporter/unsubscribe/public/index.sjs?unsubscribe_page_KEY=2&Email=aquarianm@gmail.com&email_blast_KEY=4463