{"id":123,"date":"2007-07-26T11:57:57","date_gmt":"2007-07-26T16:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=123"},"modified":"2007-07-31T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T20:19:12","slug":"stop-fat-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/26\/stop-fat-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Fat Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from Public Campaign:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tell Congress to Support the Fair Elections Now Act<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When will elections be about voters instead of campaign donors? Clean elections systems have worked in Arizona, Maine and elsewhere. If we want progress on national issues, it’s time for public financing of congressional campaigns.<\/p>\n

It’s no secret that the skyrocketing costs of congressional campaigns have turned our political system into what amounts to legalized bribery. Politicians feel compelled to raise huge sums of cash from special interests – often the very same people they’re supposed to be regulating.<\/p>\n

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Now, however, there’s hope on the horizon for U.S. Senate (and House) campaigns. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, has introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, S. 1285 — the first time public financing of congressional campaigns has received such high-level support. Rep. John Tierney, D-MA, has introduced similar legislation in the House that will cover House races.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to tell your Senators to support the Fair Elections Now Act.<\/p>\n

The Fair Elections Now Act will restore public confidence in the election process by allowing qualified candidates to receive campaign funds from the Senate Fair Elections Fund instead of asking for money from private interests. In return, participating candidates would voluntarily agree to limit their campaign spending to the amount allocated to them.<\/p>\n

This voluntary alternative to privately financed campaigns will free candidates from the all-consuming money chase that taints public perceptions of elected officials. Candidates could instead devote their time and energy to talking with constituents about the issues that are important to them.<\/p>\n

The road to restoring our democracy to its rightful owners is not likely to be an easy one, as powerful forces favoring the status quo currently stand in our way. But we now have allies in Congress willing to take up our cause, and they deserve as much support as we can show them. Please take action today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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