[ [link removed] ]Overturn Citizens United. Pass the 'We the People' amendment.

Petition to Congress:
"Overturn Citizens United v. FEC and stop secret corporate money from
corrupting our democracy. Pass Rep. Pramila Jayapal's 'We the People'
amendment."

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Dear John,

[ [link removed] ]Overturn Citizens
United. Pass the We the
People Amendment.

Citizens United v. FEC helped create Trump.

In the wake of that devastating Supreme Court decision, corporate
interests and right-wing mega-donors poured untold amounts of cash into
hijacking our elections. Citizens United boosted Republicans' vote share
by three to four points in states where bans on corporate spending had
previously been in effect.^1 In a few short years, wealthy right-wing
special interests bought the Senate for Republicans and paved the way for
Trump's takeover of the White House.

Now, there is new energy in Congress to finally overturn Citizens United
with a constitutional amendment.^2 It's up to us to show support for the
boldest possible proposals to finally end the scourge of dark money
eroding our democracy.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Overturn Citizens United. Pass the We the People
amendment. Click here to sign the petition.

In Citizens United, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to unlimited
spending on elections by corporations. A few years later, in McCutcheon v.
FEC, the Court struck down limits on how much money individual mega-donors
can give to candidates during a single election cycle. The Court’s
conservatives aren’t likely to stop there. They'll continue tearing down
campaign finance protections that prevent corporations from drowning out
the voices of ordinary Americans.

It is no accident that the years since those decisions brought Republican
waves, state legislative takeovers and Donald Trump. Giant corporations –
from Big Oil to Big Pharma, from telecoms to defense contractors – can get
away with spending nearly unlimited amounts without voters, customers or
shareholders ever knowing. These companies use their deep pockets to rig
the system and block efforts to fight climate change, lower drug prices,
and build a more progressive country.

Senate Democrats recently introduced the Democracy for All amendment,
which would give states the power to fight against Citizens United.
Progressive champion Rep. Pramila Jayapal's We the People amendment goes
even farther. It would end the lies that money is speech and corporations
are people, instruct state and local governments to strictly regulate
campaign donations and insist that wealth not give a person more power
over our democracy.^3,4

We need to seize on the momentum to show how many people support
overturning Citizens United with a constitutional amendment – and demand
the strongest possible version.

Tell Congress: Overturn Citizens United. Pass the We the People amendment.
Click the link below to sign the petition.

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Thank you for speaking out,

Heidi Hess, Co-Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Dylan Matthews, "[ [link removed] ]The tyranny of the majority isn’t a problem in
America today. Tyranny of the minority is." Vox, Sept. 12, 2018.
 2. Sen. Tom Udall, "[ [link removed] ]The Super-Wealthy Have Outsize Influence in
Politics. Here's How We Can Change That," Time, Aug. 14, 2019.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Move to Amend, "[ [link removed] ]Only the 'We the People Amendment' Will End
Corporate Rule," July 30, 2019.

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