Timely Opportunity (Score 1)

Throughout the threads of this discussion people have been complaining about Congress being under the control of corporations. This is an EXCELLENT time to show how you feel about this. The Senate has passed a bill on Campaign Finance Reform (CFR), but the House leadership has blocked it. Supporters of the bill are close to forcing it out for a vote in the House by means of a Discharge Petition - they have 207 of the necessary 218 signatures. This has worked twice before in the House, but in those cases the Senate did not pass it. You can find out who your Representative is, whether or not he/she has signed the discharge petition, and how to contact him/her and the web site for Common Cause (www.commoncause.org), a non-partisan group that has been pushing for CFR for a long time. If they have signed the petition, thank them - they notice that because it happens so seldom. If they have not supporte CFR, or if they have said they do but haven't signed the petition, tell them how you feel about that. Find your congressman http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/dbq/officials/ Common Cause information on CFR http://commoncause.org/publications/march01/update .htm House members who have supported CFR in the past, but not yet signed the Discharge Petition: http://www.commoncause.org/publications/august01/0 81401ndp.htm