Dear MoveOn member,
Mitch McConnell just got some very, very bad news. The House of Representatives just passed H.R.1, the most sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform bill in a generation—which would be a major blow to Mitch and his legion of dark-money donors and lobbyists.
But the House passing this bill isn't even the worst of it for Mitch. The really bad news for him is that H.R.1 is wildly popular with voters.
That means that he has to make a choice that's sure to cause pain to him or his Republican caucus: allow this bill to come to a vote, risking his control of Washington, D.C., or face the wrath of voters.
And guess who's up for re-election in 2020? Mitch McConnell.
I'm introducing H.R.1 in the Senate because it's exactly what we need to fix Congress. MoveOn is joining me in the fight by helping to mobilize grassroots pressure demanding that McConnell allow a vote. And if he doesn't, they'll hold him and his fellow Republicans accountable in 2020. Will you join us and chip in $5 a month to help MoveOn stay in this fight for as long as it takes to win?
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Every issue you care about: health care, military spending, climate change, you name it ... The solutions we need never get off the ground in Washington.
The House has already passed sweeping and historic reforms for democracy and voting rights and against Big Money. It approved bills to limit gun violence, and it is on its way to pass the Dream Act and take major steps to expand health care and combat climate change. But none of these critical bills will move in the Senate.
The reason why is that our democracy has been corrupted. Lobbyists, Super PACs, and big corporations control our elections, decide who runs, and have a huge impact on who wins. Then, politicians come to Washington and reward the corporate special interests that put them in power.
H.R.1 would end all that. This groundbreaking bill would
- reject Citizens United and empower grassroots donors,
- end partisan gerrymandering,
- make Election Day a national holiday and voter registration automatic,
- require paper ballots and expand vote-by-mail,
- force dark-money groups to release their donors' names,
- end the lobbyist revolving door between K Street and Capitol Hill, and do much, much more.
Sounds great, right? It does to you and me, but not to McConnell. Senator McConnell will not give up power willingly. Voters must take it from him.
That's why we need MoveOn's grassroots support to force a vote on H.R.1 in the Senate—or else hold accountable McConnell and other Republican senators standing in our way.
When I decided to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate rather than run for president, it was to commit to this fight to fix the Senate and solve the democracy crisis. If you're ready to join me in this fight, will you become a MoveOn monthly donor today?
Or, if you can't chip in monthly, click here.
Thanks for all you do.
–Senator Jeff Merkley
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