Thursday, April 7, 2011

The federal Fair Elections Now Act was introduced in Congress on Wednesday, followed by a press conference featuring actor Alec Baldwin calling for an alternative to politics dominated by special-interest fundraising. The bill provides a path for ordinary community leaders to become viable candidates and national policy makers, thanks to a program that matches small donations from local voters with the release of public funds to the candidate’s campaign. You can read a summary of the bill, and become a Citizen Co-Sponsor, and also learn other ways to spread the word about this important approach for transforming politics. Imagine the debate about the federal budget, or the Clean Air Act, or tax reform, or a federal jobs program, or regulating Wall Street – if big money from special interests didn’t distort the vision of our lawmakers.