In January, urge Congress to pass HR 1 to get Big Money out of politics.

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You have probably read information supporting HR 1, legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would push Big Money out of politics.  Many non-profit organizations that support democracy and other good things (environment, energy, peace, nuclear weapons, workers’ rights, human rights, the gun lobby, etc.) recognize that BIG MONEY CORRUPTION PREVENTS CONGRESS FROM ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO.

HR 1 is a tremendously positive step forward for ALL of the issues we care about!

Public Citizen (www.citizen.org), the non-profit org that Ralph Nader started in 1971, says the following in support of HR 1, and urges people to sign THIS ONLINE PETITION:   https://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=13949

If we mobilize for fundamental reform, the bill will:

• Replace the current, corrupt campaign finance system with one that relies on small donors and public matching funds.
• End dark money by forcing disclosure of all election-related spending.
• Call for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
That alone would be historic. But it’s not all HR 1 will do.

HR 1 will combat voter suppression, extreme gerrymandering and political corruption.

If we do our job right, the bill will:

• Enact Automatic Voter Registration and call for restoration of the Voting Rights Act.
• Counteract gerrymandering so political parties can’t rig congressional districts to favor themselves.
• Slam shut the revolving door by which lobbyists and corporate lawyers go into government to oversee their old industries, and public officials leave government for high-paying jobs in the sectors they previously regulated.

Between now and the vote on HR 1 in roughly a month’s time, we need to make sure every member of Congress is bombarded with constituent messages.

Tell your representative: We need sweeping legislation to save our democracy.  Please sign the online petition at the link above.

Thanks!

More information about HR 1 is in this article:

https://indivisible.org/resource/hr-1-strengthening-our-democracy?akid=39837.525969.W9lTlS&rd=1&t=5

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org