Tell Your Representative: Crack Down on Corruption

Voters should have the most influence over their representatives, not special interest groups

RepresentUs has a multi-step plan to limit the influence of dark money and special interest groups and crack down on systemic corruption, including:

Banning lobbyist donations to elected officials
Banning campaign spending by foreign-influenced corporations
Banning legislators from trading individual stocks
Banning members of Congress from fundraising during Congressional working hours
Ending the “revolving door” between serving in office and working as a lobbyist
Requiring disclosures on sources of major donations
Strengthening penalties for attempting to buy political influence
Placing caps on campaign spending
Empowering programs like “Democracy Dollars” that expand public financing of campaigns

Send a letter to your representatives challenging them to crack down on corruption.

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To My Members of Congress,

I’m writing to respectfully ask that you support policies that crack down on government corruption.

Voters, not special interest groups, should have the greatest influence in government and over their representatives, but studies show that the opinions of 90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all. This is unacceptable, and I’m respectfully asking you to take immediate action to end the outsized influence of the special interest groups.

Here are some commonsense anti-corruption policies I hope you’ll support:

- Ban lobbyist donations to elected officials
- Ban members of Congress from fundraising during Congressional working hours
- Ban campaign spending by foreign-influenced corporations
- Ban legislators from trading individual stocks
- End the “revolving door” between serving in office and working as a lobbyist
- Require disclosures on sources of major donations
- Strengthen penalties for attempting to buy political influence
- Place caps on campaign spending
- Support programs like “Democracy Dollars” that expand public financing

Americans from around the country and across the political spectrum are united by our desire to have our voices represented by our government. I hope you will join us.

Sincerely,