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ACTION ALERT: Oppose Roll Back of Campaign Finance Reform!
           
           
             
                  ACTION ALERT: Oppose Roll Back of Campaign Finance Reform! 
                 
                  A bill recently reported by the House Administration 
Committee under the leadership of Chairman Bob Ney is a dangerous retreat to 
the days of huge special interest contributions to office holders, candidates 
and the political parties.  The House of Representatives may take up this 
legislation before July 4.  Please ask your Member of Congress to oppose H.R. 
1316 today!

                  Under the guise of reform, the so-called "527 Fairness Act 
of 2005" instead would roll back important safeguards.  H.R. 1316 lifts the 
ceiling on individual contributions -- allowing upwards of $3 million to be 
given by a single individual -- and invites the corrupting influence of 
enormous campaign contributions back into elections.  Members of Congress, 
the President and federal candidates could solicit these huge contributions 
and direct where they are spent.  The bill also increases fundraising from 
corporate sources and allows PACs (political action committees) to increase 
their giving by 50 percent.

                  H.R. 1316 repeals fundamental protections to our election 
process put into place by the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1974 and the 
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.  These landmark reforms were hard-won 
responses to the Watergate scandals and fundraising abuses of the 1990s.  
They were accomplished through years of citizen action.  Americans do not 
want to give wealth and special interests more access to power.  American 
citizens want more reform, not a retreat from anti-corruption safeguards.

                  The House is expected to consider H.R. 1316 on the floor 
before the July 4 recess.  Take action now! 



                  ACTION NEEDED 

                  1. Contact your Representative in the U.S. House now, by 
phone and by email, and urge her/him to oppose H.R. 1316 and any attempt to 
repeal our anti-corruption campaign finance laws.  Phone calls can be made 
through the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121. Or, 
simply click here to enter your zip code and send an instant message to your 
Representative now! 

                  2. Send this email alert to other concerned citizens-your 
grassroots network, your friends and coworkers. Encourage them to contact 
their Representative today! 






                   

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                  Action Alert #109-8, Campaign Finance Reform, House, GLC, 
6/15/05
                 
                 
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