Supporters in Congress: Get Behind A Single Citizens United Amendment by July 4th.
By Keith Rouda
(Contact)
To be delivered to:
Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ-7), Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7), Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-9), Rep. George Miller (CA-11), Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
and 72 other targets
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Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ-7), Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7), Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-9), Rep. George Miller (CA-11), Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14), Rep. Mike Honda (CA-17), Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA-32), Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-34), Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51), Rep. John Larson (CT-1), Rep. Eleanor Norton (DC-1), Rep. Trey Radel (FL-19), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-4), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2), Rep. Bobby Rush (IL-1), Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-2), Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-3), Rep. Richard Neal (MA-1), Rep. Niki Tsongas (MA-3), Rep. Joseph Kennedy (MA-4), Rep. John Tierney (MA-6), Rep. Donna Edwards (MD-4), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD-8), Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1), Rep. Gary Peters (MI-14), Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-5), Rep. Walter Jones (NC-3), Rep. David Price (NC-4), Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ-6), Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1), Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3), Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY-14), Rep. Jose Serrano (NY-15), Rep. Richard Hanna (NY-22), Rep. Brian Higgins (NY-26), Rep. Chris Collins (NY-27), Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Rep. Michael Turner (OH-10), Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH-11), Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Rep. David Cicilline (RI-1), Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5), Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-9), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Rep. Gene Green (TX-29), Rep. Jim Moran (VA-8), Rep. Peter Welch (VT-1), Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-2), Rep. Jim McDermott (WA-7), Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9), Sen. Mark Begich (AK-2), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA-1), Sen. Michael Bennet (CO-2), Sen. Chris Murphy (CT-2), Sen. Tom Harkin (IA-2), Sen. Dick Durbin (IL-1), Sen. Benjamin Cardin (MD-2), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN-1), Sen. Al Franken (MN-2), Sen. Max Baucus (MT-1), Sen. Jon Tester (MT-2), Sen. John Hoeven (ND-1), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH-1), Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM-2), Sen. Charles Schumer (NY-1), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-2), Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH-1), Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR-2), Sen. Jack Reed (RI-1), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-2), Sen. Tim Johnson (SD-1), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT-2)
Come to consensus on a single constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by July 4th so Congressional approval and ratification efforts can begin.
Petition Background
Each member of Congress named on this petition has supported one of the twelve constitutional amendments that have been proposed in Congress to reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
These proposals are similar, and they all include variations on one or more of the following principles.
1. Money is not speech, and Congress has the authority to regulate the use of money to influence elections
2. Corporations are not people, and Congress has the authority to regulate corporate engagement in the political process
3. Federal campaigns should be publicly financed
We now challenge the leaders who stand behind these proposals to take the next step. We call on them to merge their many proposals into one, to unite behind it, and then to present that proposal to the American people by July 4th of this year.