I got this e-mail from Public Campaign Action Fund today. Three Democrats in the Iowa House need to hear from as many people as possible in the next two days:
The legislative session in Iowa is winding down. The General Assembly is scheduled to recess this Friday and the House leadership is trying to stall passage of the Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE) Act that would bring full public financing to the state’s elections. The bill is currently sitting in the House Appropriations Committee. We have the votes to bring the legislation to the floor, but we need your help.
Please call the following representatives and tell them to allow the VOICE Act, HF 805, to go to the floor.
Speaker of the House Patrick Murphy
(515) 281-3221
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
(515) 281-3221
Rep. Jo Oldson, House Appropriations Committee Chair
(515) 281-3221
The VOICE Act would make elections in your state about voters instead of big campaign donors. House leadership would prefer to see this bill just die in committee, but we can’t let that happen. The legislation deserves a fair debate on the floor of the House.
We need your help today. Please take a few minutes to call the following legislators and tell them to support HF 805, the VOICE Act:
Speaker of the House Patrick Murphy
(515) 281-3221
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
(515) 281-3221
Rep. Jo Oldson, House Appropriations Committee Chair
(515) 281-3221
With so much special interest money flowing into the elections in 2006, these legislators are feeling pressure to bow to their big donors instead of the interests of all voters. Put on a little pressure of your own with a few calls. Thanks for all you do.
Jeannette Galanis
National Field Director
2 Comments
I did my part, please do yours
I wrote about this on Century of the Common Iowan. Then I spent 15 minutes and emailed this out to 4 email groups that I am on, all 3 State Representives listed, my own State Representives (who supports the bill), and 5 people in town that I know are supportive of this issue.
Please contact the Representives and help spread the word about the need to get big money out of the Iowa State House.
noneed4thneed Wed 25 Apr 12:02 AM
thank you
There is no excuse for the leadership to be dragging their feet on this issue. I would have hoped that Ed Fallon’s strong showing last summer would have convinced them that a lot of Iowans care about clean elections, but clearly they need to feel a little heat from rank and file Democrats.
desmoinesdem Wed 25 Apr 8:09 AM