When the Senate returns from a month-long recess next week, they will be voting on a motion to proceed
to a resolution (S.J. Res. 19) calling for a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United and
McCutcheon Supreme Court decisions. Citizens United opened the floodgates for political spending by
outside organizations. In the four years since the decision was handed down, spending by outside groups
has increased by over 500%. Most of the new outside money, over 70% of it, goes to support anti-worker
candidates backed by big corporations and billionaire plutocrats like the Koch brothers.
The McCutcheon decision lifted the overall limits on the amount wealthy individuals can give directly to
candidates for Federal office. Prior to McCutcheon, individuals were limited to just a little more than
$123,000 in total contributions to Federal candidates, political parties and party committees. With the
aggregate gone, individuals can now give as much as $5.9 million to Federal accounts – an increase of
4,797%!
Please sign our petition today calling for the U.S. Senate to vote “yes” on this measure and overturn these
anti-democratic rulings that have shifted control of our elections from the will of the people to the wallets
of the super-rich.
Please download the following and sign the petition:
Download Citizens United IBT Action