Citizens, Exciting news: just two days ago the Fair Elections Now Act was introduced in the U.S. congress! Here is a sampling of several articles that have appeared on the bill: *Wall Street Journal *http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123785115127819203.html * Washington Post* http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032303... *Bloomberg* http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a9W8cB7MZjjo *Huffington Post*, written by Craigslist founder http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-newmark/fair-elections-now-act-in_b_1819... *Daily Kos* http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/21/11581/8080 *The Nation* http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090413/nyhart_donnelly The Fair Elections Now Act would provide the option of public financing for all candidates for U.S. House & Senate, finally freeing our elected officials to act in the public interest, rather than for the special interests. Should this bill pass, it would dramatically change how politics happens in the United States, and hence, the entire world. Being that 2nd in command Democrat in the Senate, Dick Durbin, and House Democratic Chair, John Larson, are both the lead Democratic sponsors, this bill has a real chance of passage. Please write your representatives, especially Speaker Pelosi, to express your support for this bill: http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b... More details at: www.commoncause.org/fairelectionsnowact <http://www.commoncause.org/fairelectionsnowact> ------------------ Rob Arnow 415-552-2229 ------------------- "I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections. Because even if we can stop lobbyists from buying us lunch or taking us out on junkets, they'll still be able to attend our fundraisers -- and that's access the average American doesn't have." --- Barack Obama, August 2, 2007