Today I listened to the Common Cause member briefing where Robert Reich, chairman of Common Cause, and Miles Rapoport, president of Common Cause, lead a conference call to cover the state of politics in America today and the issues Common Cause champions, including the repeal of Citizens United, restore the Voting Rights Act and expand access to the ballot box, net neutrality, and public policy to help working families and the middle class.
Common Cause is a non-partisan organization that does not endorse candidates and works with politicians of all stripes that help ordinary Americans.
If you are wondering how to stop extreme policies and Big Money from exerting any more influence in our political system, joining Common Cause would be a good first step. And if you are a little down in the dumps about the nature of our politics today, I'd suggest listening to the call for a pick-me-up ... the staff and leadership of Common Cause is very positive and confident they can make the necessary changes in our system. And why shouldn't they be - it's been done before, after all.
Here's a link to today's Common Cause conference call.
And here is a brief description of the org:
Common Cause is the original. Our founding in 1970 sparked a democracy reform movement that continues to grow.
We make a difference. Common Cause:
Drove the movement that won voting rights for 18-year-olds
Led campaigns that secured and now work to defend and strengthen laws limiting the influence of money in politics.
Successfully lobbied for state and local laws permitting public financing of political campaigns to offset the impact of large, special interest contributions.
Helped exposed ethical breaches that drove two House Speakers and a majority leader from office; our lobbying ultimately led the House of Representatives to create an independent ethics oversight agency.
Wrote the landmark California law putting citizens in charge of drawing congressional and state legislative districts, ending partisan gerrymandering.
Spearheaded a reform coalition that exposed the secret workings of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate cabal that has quietly engineered the passage of hundreds of state laws putting private profit ahead of the public interest; thanks to that campaign, more than 50 major companies have abandoned ALEC.
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