The Anti-Corruption Pledge

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I support reform that would:

• Provide that public elections are publicly funded. Campaigns for public elections need to be publicly funded. Whether through vouchers funded by tax rebates that citizens can donate to candidates, or a system to multiply small dollar contributions, we need campaigns funded by all of us, and not just a tiny fraction of the 1%.

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• Fair Elections Now Act
  

  H.R. 1826. This bill provides matching funds for candidates who take small dollar contributions only. Learn more at <a href="http://fairelectionsnow.org/about-bill" target="_blank">FairElectionsNow</a>. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1826&tab=summary" target="_blank">Read the bill at GovTrack.us</a>
• The Grant and Franklin Project
  

  This proposal gives a tax rebate in the form of a voucher that can be given to candidates who fund their compaign only with vouchers plus contributions of up to $100. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/opinion/in-campaign-financing-more-money-can-beat-big-money.html?_r=1">Read about the proposal at NYTimes.com</a>

• Limit, and make transparent, independent political expenditures. The Supreme Court has given corporations and individuals the right to spend unlimited amounts in a campaign. Congress should have the power to at least limit those expenditures.

Such as: optional
• Edwards Amendment
  

  H.J. 74. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj111-74" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Ellison Amendment
  

  H.J. 92. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-92" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Kaptur Amendment
  

  H.J. 8. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-8" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Move to Amend Amendment
  

  Move to Amend 28th Amendment. <a href="http://movetoamend.org/amendment" target="_blank">Learn more</a>
• Schrader Amendment
  

  H.J. 72. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-72" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Sutton Amendment
  

  H.J. 86. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-86" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• The Occupied Amendment
  

  H.J. 90. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-90" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Udall Amendment
  

  S.J. 29. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=sj112-29" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• WolfPAC Amendment
  

  28th Amendment, WolfPAC. <a href=" http://www.wolf-pac.com/28th" target="_blank">Learn more</a>

• Close the revolving door between Congress and K Street. When they retire, many members of Congress pass through the “revolving door” to become lobbyists with multimillion dollar salaries. Lobbying firms promise these lucrative salaries to lawmakers who bend their views in the lobbyists’ favor. To close the revolving door, members of Congress should have to wait at least ten years before they are allowed to work as lobbyists.

• Reaffirm that when the Declaration of Independence spoke of entities "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," it was speaking of natural persons only. The Supreme Court has give artificial entities, like corporations, constitutional rights. But constitutional rights should be reserved to persons, only. A collective has the rights of the people within it, but no more.

Such as: optional
• Get Money Out Amendment
  

  Get Money Out. <a href="http://www.getmoneyout.com/" target="_blank">Learn more</a>
• Lyons Amendment (Vermont)
  

  J.R.S. 11. <a href="http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=JRS011&Session=2012" target="_blank">Read the resolution</a>
• Move to Amend Amendment
  

  Move to Amend 28th Amendment. <a href="http://movetoamend.org/amendment" target="_blank">Learn more</a>
• People's Rights Amendment
  

  H.J. 88. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-88" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• Schrader Amendment
  

  H.J. 72. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-72" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• The Occupied Amendment
  

  H.J. 90. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj112-90" target="_blank">Read the resolution at GovTrack.us</a>
• WolfPAC Amendment
  

  28th Amendment, WolfPAC. <a href=" http://www.wolf-pac.com/28th" target="_blank">Learn more</a>

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