[GPSCC-chat] Fw: Fair Elections in Congress -- Call Now!

[Caroline Yacoub]

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From: "Trent Lange, CA Clean Money" <newsletter at caclean.org>
To: carolineyacoub at att.net
Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 1:02:54 PM
Subject: Fair Elections in Congress -- Call Now!


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URGENT!
Please call Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Fair Elections at (415) 556-4862 NOW!

Just say "I'm a Californian calling to thank Speaker Pelosi for her support of 
Fair Elections and to ask her to schedule a floor vote of the Fair Elections Now 
Act before Congress adjourns."  FAIR ELECTIONS ARE IN THE HOUSE!

Last Thursday there was a huge victory for Fair Elections in Congress, as the 
Fair Elections Now Act (HR 6116/1826) was passed by the House Administration 
Committee on a 6-2 vote.

Now it's time for us to demand a full vote on the floor of the House of 
Representatives!

This progress through Congress is a sign that despite occasional setbacks like 
the loss of Prop 15 in June, all of your hard work for Fair Elections continues 
to pay off, as more and more people demand that our representatives fix our 
broken campaign finance system.

The Fair Elections Now Act would be a huge step towards making Congressmembers 
accountable to voters, not big money donors.  It would allow candidates for 
Congress to run competitive campaigns for office by relying on small 
contributions from back home. Candidates would collect donations of $100 or less 
from residents of their state, which would then be matched four-to-one with Fair 
Elections funds. 


Fair Elections would be funded by the sale of unused broadcast spectrum, 
ensuring that in this time of debt and deficits, it wouldn't cost taxpayers a 
dime.

PLEASE CALL SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI TO ASK HER TO SCHEDULE A FLOOR VOTE NOW!

All you have to say is "I'm a Californian calling to thank Speaker Pelosi for 
her support of Fair Elections and to ask her to schedule a floor vote of the 
Fair Elections Now Act before Congress adjourns."

You'll also be happy to know that Congressmember Anna Eshoo, who our records 
show is your Congressmember, is a co-sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act.

If you have another minute, then please also call Congressmember Eshoo's office 
RIGHT AWAY at (202) 225-8104 to thank them and ask them to urge a floor vote.

All you have to say is "I'm calling to thank Congressmember Eshoo for 
co-sponsoring the Fair Elections Now Act.  Could you please ask the 
Congressmember to urge House leadership to bring it to a floor vote?  I'm a 
constituent who lives in [Your City]."

The number to call Congressmember Eshoo is (202) 225-8104.

You can leave a message if nobody answers - SO PLEASE DON'T WAIT!

This is a great opportunity to make a statement on the need for Fair Elections 
at all levels of our government, and has been brought about a major coalition at 
the national level and by the hard work of activists like you.  Everything you 
do to push Fair Elections and public financing of campaigns at the state AND 
national levels brings us one step closer to ending the dominance of big money 
special interests on politics.  The fight is a long and hard one, but we will 
eventually win.

Let us know what they say when you call!

Thanks for everything you do for Clean Money and Fair Elections,

Trent Lange
President
California Clean Money Campaign

P.S.  If you have time to make only one call, please call Speaker Pelosi at 
(415) 556-4862.   

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