Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), as an activist and an organizer was going head to head with big corporate interests well before she thought of running for Congress. Always outspent and up against tremendous odds, she won a surprising number of those fights.
The task of protecting America's elections from the corrupting influence of unlimited corporate spending seems daunting, she is confident we can rise to the challenge.
That's why she introduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to take our democracy back for the people, after the Roberts Supreme Court offered it up to the highest corporate bidders with its 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. And that's also why I've taken the pledge to continue the fight for an amendment no matter how long it takes.
The Pledge:
I pledge to protect America from unlimited corporate spending in our elections by supporting a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Suprime Court's decision giving corporations the same First Amenment rights as people.
Please join me by signing the Pledge to Protect America's Democracy as a citizen cosponsor by using the above link.
Corporate interests are already spending record amounts to influence this year's elections, since the corporatist majority on the Supreme Court said that corporations have the same First Amendment rights as people. That's just wrong. And we can correct the Court by making it explicit in the Constitution that lawmakers can pass much-needed campaign finance laws and limit the influence of corporations in American elections.
They have the money, but we have the numbers. Join the growing chorus of Americans who are fighting back against runaway corporate excess and corporations' ability to set our nation's agenda. Start by helping to take back our democracy by signing the Pledge to Protect America's Democracy.
Let's show those big corporate interests and the Supreme Court's corporatist majority just what kind of numbers we have.
I thank People For the American Way and Public Citizen for this campaign. And I thank you for standing with us and all the other organizations and activists fighting to make sure the voices or ordinary voters are not drowned out by the louder voices of well-funded corporate interests.
P.S. PFAW and Public Citizen will be mobilizing activists for a national call-in day to congressional candidates next Thursday. It's critical that all candidates for Congress know that the people who they are running to represent expect them to defend Government By the People -- not the corporations.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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