To: Senator Ted Cruz
Ask Ted Cruz: What are you afraid to disclose?
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Stop blocking President Obama's FCC nominee just because he won't promise to let secret donors keep hiding when they pay for political ads. As Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says, "Requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage, without which democracy is doomed."
Why are you protecting secret donors instead of our democracy? Do you disagree with Justice Scalia?
Why are you protecting secret donors instead of our democracy? Do you disagree with Justice Scalia?
Why is this important?
Senator Ted Cruz is holding the Federal Communications Commission hostage by preventing a vote on Thomas Wheeler, the Administration’s nominee for FCC chair -- unless Wheeler promises not to improve disclosure in federal campaigns. Outrageous!
Many believe the FCC has the administrative power to compel groups that buy political ads on TV and radio to release the names of their donors. Polls show that an overwhelming percentage of voters across party lines want more disclosure. They know nothing's more important to our democracy than making sure billionaires and other special interests can't hide their massive secret spending to buy elections.
Conservative Justice Scalia said it best: "I do not look forward to a society which ... campaigns anonymously and even exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from public criticism… This does not resemble the Home of the Brave."
Sign and share this petition to ask Senator Cruz what he's afraid to disclose and why he disagrees with Justice Scalia!
Many believe the FCC has the administrative power to compel groups that buy political ads on TV and radio to release the names of their donors. Polls show that an overwhelming percentage of voters across party lines want more disclosure. They know nothing's more important to our democracy than making sure billionaires and other special interests can't hide their massive secret spending to buy elections.
Conservative Justice Scalia said it best: "I do not look forward to a society which ... campaigns anonymously and even exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from public criticism… This does not resemble the Home of the Brave."
Sign and share this petition to ask Senator Cruz what he's afraid to disclose and why he disagrees with Justice Scalia!