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This is important! – Re: This is huge (Citizens United)
Monday, August 25, 2014 6:08
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Dear MoveOn member,
Next month, for the first time ever, the U.S. Senate will vote on a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
This. Is. Huge. And it could change this entire election.
Citizens United isn’t just one of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever—it’s one of the least popular. Seriously—80 percent of Americans oppose it. Even 72% of Republican voters think the Supreme Court got it wrong.1
That’s why almost every politician claims that they don’t like Super PACs. But when there’s a high-profile vote like this, every senator will need to put up or shut up.
Senators who have the nerve to vote against overturning Citizens United will be putting a massive political target on their back—if we have a big enough war chest to really hold them accountable.
We’re aiming to raise $200,000 to launch a hard-hitting ad campaign right after the vote, going after senators who vote to uphold Citizens United. Can you chip in $3?
Forty-eight senators have said they support the amendment to overturn Citizens United. A bunch of the rest haven’t said which way they’ll vote.
If we can reach our fundraising goal before the vote, undecided senators will know what’s coming and feel enormous pressure to vote the right way.
So here’s the plan: Before the vote, we’re going to launch a full-court press with phone calls, petitions, and news conferences to get as many senators as possible to vote the right way. And we’ll keep track of who supports the bill and who doesn’t on a public website so everyone knows.
Then, after the vote, we’ll launch a hard-hitting ad campaign going after senators who vote the wrong way. Your money will allow us to run a big enough ad campaign to make sure our message is heard even in a crowded election year. Can you chip in $3?
Thanks for all you do.
–Mark, Victoria, Justin, Manny, and the rest of the team
Source:
1. “Broad Bi-Partisan Consensus Supports Reforms to Supreme Court,” Democracy Corps, May 7, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300406&id=100192-24897958-rytlh6x&t=4
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300406&id=100192-24897958-rytlh6x&t=4
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