End corruption in America Politics:
Crack down on lobbyists and conflicts of interest.
Voters should have the greatest influence in government and over their representatives, not lobbyists or special interest groups.
To curb the influence of lobbyists and special interest groups, support:
- Expanding the definition of “lobbyist”.
- Banning lobbyist donations to elected officials.
- A cooling-off period between serving in office and working as a lobbyist.
- Strengthening penalties on attempts to buy political influence.
- Banning legislators from trading individual stocks.
- Banning Members of Congress from fundraising during congressional work hours.
Fight bribery by changing how elections are funded.
To reduce money’s influence in politics, support strengthening campaign finance laws and limiting campaign funding. Safeguards must be put in place so that spending by wealthy individuals, corporations, Political Action Committees (PACs), and Super PACs don’t determine elections – voters do. Support:
- Expanding public finance to even the playing field for candidates.
- Programs like Democracy Dollars.
- Caps on campaign spending.
- Requiring disclosures on sources of major donations.
- Ending dark money.
- Banning campaign spending by foreign-influenced corporations.
Working city by city, state by state to end corruption in our government.