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We deserve a country where our elected officials are not bought and paid for by big corporations. But the Citizens United vs. FEC Supreme Court decision overturned over a century of precedent and opened the floodgates for unlimited amounts of corporate money to flow into our political system. Shockingly, the court came to this decision based on the notion that a corporation is legally a "person" entitled to First Amendment rights, and by equating a corporation's right to spend unlimited amounts of money influencing an election with our right to free speech.
Tell Congress: Only people are people.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC. See what states and towns across the country are doing to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Have your local effort added to this map by calling 202-224-5141 or emailing: press@sanders.senate.gov "With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that, I believe, will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections."
Petition - A Petition to Support the Saving American Democracy Amendment : Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont
Many Proposals in Brief
Seems like every time we turn our heads, someone’s proposing a new constitutional amendment to fix the money in politics problem. We were a little overwhelmed at the sheer number of ‘em, and started to feel like idiots. So we created this handy cheat sheet. Legalized political bribery? Here’s the miserable truth about our current political system: Corporations and individuals can spend unlimited amounts of money, in total secrecy, to sway elections and buy access to politicians.
Contacting the Congress: A Citizen's Congressional Directory
Online Directory for the 112th Congress Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date citizen's congressional directory for the 112th Congress . As of April 17, 2012 there are 538 electronic contact addresses (of which 535 are Web-based contact forms), and 538 home pages known for the 540 members of the 112th Congress .
