To: Candidates for president
Parties shouldn't take lobbyist & PAC money!
Call on your party to reject any convention funds from PACs and lobbyists.
Why is this important?
Our political parties should run their conventions on donations from "we, the people," not lobbyists and PACs. Democrats did that in 2012, but the Democratic National Committee just announced it will take money from PACs and lobbyists to fund its 2016 convention.
Common Cause is calling on every candidate for president to demand a ban on PAC and lobbyist convention funding as a necessary step to change Washington's pay-to-play culture.
With money taking more and more control of our system, any candidate who wants to be president needs a plan to put We The People back in charge — standing by in silence while PACs and lobbyists buy the national conventions would show a lack of commitment to this needed goal.
But a candidate who took a bold stance against the party insiders, would distinguish himself or herself as a champion for reform. Democratic candidates should pressure on the DNC to reverse this capitulation to special interests. Republican candidates should demand that their party join in rejecting PAC and lobbyist money at their convention.
Common Cause is calling on every candidate for president to demand a ban on PAC and lobbyist convention funding as a necessary step to change Washington's pay-to-play culture.
With money taking more and more control of our system, any candidate who wants to be president needs a plan to put We The People back in charge — standing by in silence while PACs and lobbyists buy the national conventions would show a lack of commitment to this needed goal.
But a candidate who took a bold stance against the party insiders, would distinguish himself or herself as a champion for reform. Democratic candidates should pressure on the DNC to reverse this capitulation to special interests. Republican candidates should demand that their party join in rejecting PAC and lobbyist money at their convention.