Kerri Chyka, Blue State Digital, (646) 385-1892<\/p>
Monica Walsh, (510) 710-3535<\/p>
Mary Boyle, Cause commune, (202) 736-5770<\/p>
Adam Smith, Campagne publique, (202) 997-8929<\/p>
Les principaux donateurs de la campagne lancent un engagement financier, promettant de ne pas faire de dons aux politiciens \u00e0 moins qu'ils ne soutiennent des \u00e9lections \u00e9quitables<\/p>
Change Congress, Common Cause et Public Campaign Action Fund Organize Funders s'engagent \u00e0 soutenir des \u00e9lections \u00e9quitables Agissez maintenant sur FixCongressFirst.org <\/p>
Pr\u00e8s de 40 donateurs de campagne importants ont \u00e9t\u00e9 parmi les premiers \u00e0 signer un nouvel engagement de financement, promettant de cesser de faire des dons de campagne \u00e0 moins que les politiciens ne montrent leur soutien \u00e0 la loi Fair Elections Now Act (FENA). La grande campagne en ligne autour de l'engagement de financement est officiellement lanc\u00e9e aujourd'hui et peut \u00eatre consult\u00e9e \u00e0 l'adresse suivante : http:\/\/www.fixcongressfirst.org\/pledge. Change Congress (http:\/\/fixcongressfirst.org), cofond\u00e9 par Lawrence Lessig et Joe Trippi, lance ce mouvement national pour faire avancer la r\u00e9forme du financement des campagnes et le financement des \u00e9lections par les citoyens, avec Common Cause et le Public Campaign Action Fund. <\/p>
Change Congress Founder and Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig said, \"The funders who take this pledge are making an extraordinarily important statement. Our democracy, as it is funded right now, gives these individuals enormous power. But they are saying: we don't want that power. We want instead a system where 'the People,' not 'the Funders,' have the power.\"<\/p>
Le Funders Pledge a \u00e9galement pour objectif de recueillir des signatures de citoyens am\u00e9ricains ordinaires s\u2019engageant \u00e0 ne pas faire de dons \u00e0 la campagne d\u2019un candidat f\u00e9d\u00e9ral oppos\u00e9 au Fair Elections Now Act. Les signataires soutiennent l\u2019id\u00e9e que le Fair Elections Now Act est le seul projet de loi qui puisse commencer \u00e0 r\u00e9parer les d\u00e9g\u00e2ts caus\u00e9s par les dons sans restriction d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eats particuliers qui corrompent le syst\u00e8me politique am\u00e9ricain. <\/p>
The campaign kicked off with a joint letter sent on April 30 from Hasbro, Inc. Chairman Alan Hassenfeld and Stride Rite founder and former CEO Arnold Hiatt to major campaign donors, which read: \"As we all can see, the urgency to enact public funding has never been more pressing. The American public is disgusted with Congress. The overwhelming majority believe money buys results in Congress. That cynicism is not going away until our government gives people a reason to believe that it is actually acting on their behalf. Congress is close to moving on this issue. We're asking you to help us to persuade them. All of us have been supporters of congressional campaigns, some of us for many years. However, we believe that it is time for us to unite behind re- moving the undue influence that large donors like us have.\" <\/p>
So far major campaign donors who have signed the Funders Pledge include: producer and director J.J. Abrams; Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Warner Music; Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's; and Vin Ryan, Chairman of Schooner Capital. The estimated amount withheld from campaign donations from these individuals totals more than $1 million under the pledge. An extended list of major campaign donors who have signed the pledge to date is below. <\/p>
La campagne en ligne lanc\u00e9e aujourd'hui fonctionne comme suit : <\/p>
Visitez fixcongressfirst.org\/pledge pour ajouter votre nom \u00e0 l'engagement. <\/p>
We'll automatically check the records to find the contributions you've made of more than $200. All you have to do is enter an estimate of your campaign contributions from the last two election cycles of less than $200 (the government doesn't keep records of contributions of that size). <\/p>
Votre total sera ajout\u00e9 aux montants saisis par tous les autres, montrant ainsi combien d'argent de campagne les membres du Congr\u00e8s perdent en s'opposant au Fair Elections Now Act. <\/p>
Once the pledges start rolling in, you'll be able to view the amount of contributions lost by every member of Congress on the \"Whip\" page: http:\/\/fixcongressfirst.org\/Whip <\/p>
However, people can participate in the pledge if they have made campaign donations on any level, whether it's $5, $50, or $1000. <\/p>
Lessig wrote in an email sent this morning, \"Today, we're starting a movement of citizens prepared to speak Congress' language . If all of us become lobbyists, we can make lobbying extinct - and show Congress that corporate interests can't match the power of millions of Americans acting as one.\"<\/p>
Avec Lessig, Mark McKinnon, membre du conseil d\u2019administration de Change Congress, est l\u2019un des leaders de cette initiative. <\/p>
Pour plus d'informations sur le Funders Pledge and Change Congress, visitez fixcongressfirst.org.<\/p>
Voici une liste des principaux donateurs de campagne qui ont sign\u00e9 le Funders Pledge \u00e0 ce jour :<\/p>
J.J. Abrams; Film & TV producer<\/p>
Nancy Bagley ; r\u00e9dactrice en chef du magazine Washington Life ; pr\u00e9sidente de la Fondation ARCA<\/p>
Edgar Bronfman, PDG de Warner Music<\/p>
Allan Brown, pr\u00e9sident du conseil d'administration de Vance Brown Builders<\/p>
Ben Cohen; Co-founder, Ben & Jerry's; Founder of Sensible Priorities; overseer of True Majorities<\/p>
Peter Copen; Founder & President, Copen Family Fund<\/p>
Bowman Cutter ; pr\u00e9sident du conseil d'administration de CARE ; fondateur et pr\u00e9sident de Microvest<\/p>
Rosemary Faulkner; philanthrope<\/p>
Murray Galinson, ancien PDG de la San Diego National Bank <\/p>
Alan Hassenfeld ; Pr\u00e9sident, Hasbro, Inc.<\/p>
George Hatch ; administrateur-conseil, Fonds John Merck<\/p>
Arnold Hiatt ; fondateur de Stride Rite Corp., pr\u00e9sident de la Stride Rite Foundation, pr\u00e9sident de Business for Social Responsibility<\/p>
John S. Johnson, fondateur et pr\u00e9sident d'EYEBEAM, a cr\u00e9\u00e9 l'Institut Harmony<\/p>
Mike Kappus; Pr\u00e9sident, Agence Rosebud<\/p>
Joe Keefe; President & CEO, Pax World Management Corp. <\/p>
Steve Kirsch ; fondateur et pr\u00e9sident de Propel Software ; PDG d'Abaca ; fondateur de la Fondation Kirsch<\/p>
Alan Kligerman ; PDG et fondateur, AkPharma, Inc. <\/p>
Steven Ko; mari\u00e9 \u00e0 Sophia Yan; \u00e9tudiant au MIT<\/p>
John Luongo, pr\u00e9sident-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Vantive Corporation<\/p>
Rhonda Luongo; mari\u00e9e \u00e0 John Luongo<\/p>
Katie McGrath ; associ\u00e9e fondatrice, First Tuesday Media ; membre du conseil d'administration du Change Congress<\/p>
Arnie Miller; Recruteur ex\u00e9cutif<\/p>
Dan Nova ; associ\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Highland Capital Partners ; cofondateur de Highland Consumer Funds ; membre du conseil d'administration de Change Congress<\/p>
Dave Orton<\/p>
Lisa Orton<\/p>
William Polk<\/p>
Greg Price; \u00c9tudiant dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 au MIT<\/p>
Jonathan Rose; Promoteur immobilier vert<\/p>
Vin Ryan; Pr\u00e9sident, Schooner Capital LLC<\/p>
Paul Sack<\/p>
Dick Senn ; militant politique et vice-pr\u00e9sident du conseil d'administration du Change Congress<\/p>
Jennifer Soros; mari\u00e9e \u00e0 Jonathan Soros<\/p>
Jonathan Soros, pr\u00e9sident et vice-pr\u00e9sident du conseil d'administration de Soros Fund Management<\/p>
Christopher Vargas ; fondateur de Generations Investments LLC et Cleantech Circle LLC<\/p>
Sophia Yen; Clinical Instructor at Lucile Parkard Children's Hospital at Stanford University; Founder of SheHeroes<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n