John,

Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said they would work together on a bipartisan bill to stop members of Congress from leaving office to immediately take lucrative lobbying jobs.

But we're not satisfied with talk: we want follow-through. We sent hundreds of targeted tweets and flooded their offices with thousands of emails demanding action – and it worked! Ted Cruz's office responded to set up a meeting with RepresentUs members to talk about the bill.

This Wednesday, RepresentUs members in Austin will meet at Senator Cruz's office and hand-deliver our petition urging the Senator to keep his promise and work across the aisle to close the revolving door.

Add your name before Monday to show there's massive national support for closing the revolving door. We’ll hand-deliver your signature and comments to the Senator’s office.

Right now, lobbyists and special interests routinely offer politicians high-paying lobbying jobs in exchange for political influence. Politicians go straight from passing laws to lucrative lobbying jobs, where they get paid to influence their former colleagues.

In May, Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez both tweeted that they would work together to stop the revolving door with a lifetime ban. 

We've all seen politicians make promises to fix corruption, get the positive response they want, and then do nothing. That's why when RepresentUs members saw the exchange, they amped up the pressure by tweeting and emailing Cruz and AOC to follow through. The pressure campaign from RepresentUs members was so impactful that Senator Cruz's office scheduled a meeting to hear us out.

Represent Austin chapter leaders are going to hand-deliver every single signature and show Senator Cruz that Americans are sick of the corrupt status quo.

If you’ve already added your name to the petition, then forward this email to your friends and urge them to sign too. The more people who sign, the more pressure Senator Cruz will feel to keep his promise. 

Add your name before Monday at midnight, then forward this email to your friends.

You made this meeting possible. Now, let’s keep the pressure on and show Senator Cruz that Americans want to unrig the system.

Jen Johnson Digital Director RepresentUs