The House Administration Committee will vote on the Fair Elections Now Act on Sept 23rd. This is the last step before the bill advances to the floor for a full House vote. As you may recall, Fair Elections is a voluntary system that finances the campaigns of qualified candidates for Congress so they can run a competitive race without courting special interests. We are sure to be buzzing about the advancement of this bill while we're in Louisville for the first Coffee Party Convention.
We hope you will go to Fix Congress First and call your member of Congress again. You may want to mention that numerous national polls show overwhelming support for Fair Elections as well as the members of Congress who promise to vote in favor of the measure.You'll be glad you made the call.
Right now, it's especially important to call committe members and ask for a "yea" vote:
Robert Brady (PA1) 202-224-4731
Michael Capuano (MA8) 202-225-5111
Artur Davis (AL7) 202-225-2665
Susan Davis (CA53) 202-225-2040
Charles Gonzalez (TX20) 202-225-3236
Zoe Lofgren (CA16) 202-225-3072
Daniel Lungren (CA3) 202-225-5716
Gregg Harper (MS3) 202-225-5031
Kevin McGarthy (CA22) 202-225-2915
Related note -- on September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. Today's date has since been celebrated as National Citizenship Day -- an ideal day to call Congress for Fair Elections, we think.
