TELL CONGRESS TO STAND UP TO CORPORATIONS--SIGN UP

FROM PUBLIC CITIZEN Tell Congress to stand up to corporate influence Alarmingly, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are entitled to spend unlimited funds in our elections, rolling back a century of modest limits. Powerful multinational corporations already exert disproportionate influence in Washington, and the Supreme Court’s decision makes this problem much, much worse. Congress must act now to stop corporate interests from using their immense financial resources to shut the public out of its own government. Here’s what Congress can do now: 1.) Support and pass the public financing of elections by becoming a co-sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R.1826, S.752). Public financing is the single most effective legislative remedy to the current corrosive system of campaign finance. The Fair Elections Now Act offers qualified congressional candidates a viable alternative that incentivizes small donations and provides competitive grants. 2.) Support shareholder protection to stop corporate executives from using shareholder money to further their own political agendas. Corporate political expenditures, including expenditures for campaign ads, electioneering communications, issue advocacy and ballot measure campaigns at the state and federal levels should require majority approval of all shareholders. The ultimate solution to this problem is the Free Speech for People Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Tell your members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to make clear that First Amendment rights belong to natural persons and the press and do not apply to for-profit corporations. Corporations are not people, they do not vote, and they should not be able to influence election outcomes. It is time to end the debate about the freedom of speech of for-profit corporations by amending the Constitution. Use the simple form below to send your message to Congress. Tell your representative and senators you want to curb the influence of corporate spending in elections.  Learn more on www.DontGetRolled.org.   Please take a moment to add your own words to the email below. This greatly increases the likelihood that your message will make a difference! You can also ask your representative and senators to fight corporate influence in elections by phone by calling the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Let us know how it goes!  May 25, 2013 Subject: We will add your signature from the information you provide. First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province*      Select a state   Alabama   Alaska  American Samoa  Arizona  Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut  Delaware  D.C.  Florida  Georgia  Guam  Hawaii  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Iowa  Kansas  Kentucky  Louisiana  Maine  Maryland  Massachusetts  Michigan  Minnesota  Mississippi  Missouri  Montana  Nebraska  Nevada  New Hampshire  New Jersey  New Mexico  New York  North Carolina  North Dakota  Northern Mariana Islands  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  Puerto Rico  Rhode Island  South Carolina  South Dakota  Tennessee  Texas  Utah  Vermont  Virgin Islands  Virginia  Washington  West Virginia  Wisconsin  Wyoming         Armed Forces (the) Americas         Armed Forces Europe         Armed Forces Pacific  Alberta  British Columbia  Manitoba  Newfoundland  New Brunswick  Nova Scotia  Northwest Territories  Nunavut  Ontario  Prince Edward Island  Quebec  Saskatchewan  Yukon Territory  Other  Zip/Postal Code* When you submit your name and email, Public Citizen will add you to our contact list so that we can communicate with you about corporate influence in elections and other important issues. You can remove yourself from our list at any time.