HR1/S1 Would Reform Campaign Financing

Jump to today’s actions:

Call the Senate
Call the House

Background

A healthy democracy needs leaders who work for all of the people, and not just the wealthy few. Strong, well-enforced election laws will protect us against the age-old problem of buying access to power. But our election laws have grown weak and ineffective: guardrails that discouraged, rather than encouraged influence peddling are gone and oversight crippled, with no meaningful public financing to act as a counterweight.

HR1/S1 would, among other steps:

Tighten rules against coordination between candidates and SuperPACs by, for example, no longer allowing a former staff person to run a SuperPAC ad and prohibiting candidates from appearing in SuperPAC ads.
Reform the Federal Election Commission, which is so broken that it hasn’t met for nearly three years because it can’t muster a quorum.
Overhaul public financing for elections and fund campaigns with a small increase in penalties for corporations that break the law and super-wealthy people convicted of dodging federal taxes.

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision did increase to obscene levels the amount of money in politics. But there are steps that Congress can take to limit the decision’s impact. Urge our Members of Congress pass the For The People Act.

1. Call the Senate.

Script Oregon Senators

SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753

My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for S1. Today I am focusing on the sections of S1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Finally, I support ending or modifying the filibuster in order to pass this bill. Thank you for your leadership on this issue.

SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for S1. Today I am focusing on the sections of S1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Finally, I support ending or modifying the filibuster in order to pass this bill. Thank you for your leadership on this issue.

Script for Republican Senators

D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for S1. Please make this a bipartisan bill by voting yes. Today I am focusing on the sections S1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Also I support ending or modifying the filibuster in order to pass this bill. Thank you for registering my position.

2. Call the House.

Look up your rep.

Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for HR1. Today I am focusing on the sections HR1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Thank you for your continuing support for making our election system fair, robust and protected from outside influence and inside voter suppression.

Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)

Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for HR1. Today I am focusing on the sections HR1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Please vote yes and pass this bipartisan bill with bipartisan support.

Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)

Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for HR1. Today I am focusing on the sections HR1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Thank you for your continuing support for making our election system fair, robust and protected from outside influence and inside voter suppression.

Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)

Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for HR1. Today I am focusing on the sections HR1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Thank you for your continuing support for making our election system fair, robust and protected from outside influence and inside voter suppression.

Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)

Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to express my full support for HR1. Today I am focusing on the sections HR1 that will limit the impact of SuperPACs, strengthen the FEC, and revive the public spending option. I support all of these measures. Thank you for your continuing support for making our election system fair, robust and protected from outside influence and inside voter suppression.

Action 3 - Make Calls with IO to help pass HR1/S1

Join us this week for our first voter outreach event as we partner with Common Cause to connect voters in key states with their Members of Congress in support of the For The People Act. This phonebank event will be Saturday, 12-2 pm. https://www.indivisibleor.org/events/phonbank-hr-1-02-20-21.