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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] Fw: ACTION ALERT: Oppose Roll Back of Campaign Finance Reform!
  • Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:43:07 -0700

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,
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