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Stop Corporate Takeover of Democracy

The Supreme Court ruled to lift a 60-year-old ban that kept corporations from influencing federal elections — rights specifically granted to people.

Already, moneyed institutions have too much power over government. I shudder to think of a situation where someone like Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil or Big Pharma has even more control.

California's leadership is critical to fixing this mess. Call on Speaker Pelosi to protect our democracy.

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Dear Speaker Pelosi,

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC would allow corporations to spend money directly on attack ads supporting or opposing Congressional candidates.

This decision was made under the pretext that because a corporation is a “person,” they should be allowed to spend their massive aggregated wealth to influence elections.

A corporation is not a person with voting rights. Giving corporations the rights of people would fundamentally change our democracy.

Rep. Van Hollen, Sen. Schumer and the White House are working to protect our democracy from the implications of this decision.

I urge you to take swift action in support of this effort.

Sincerely,

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