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We the People Amendment has 29 Co-Sponsors and Counting!
March 14, 2017
We are thrilled to announce that we have 29 co-sponsors on the We the People Amendment (HJR 48)!
Our strategic goal this year is to reach 35 co-sponsors, and we are well on our way!
We want to thank both our lead sponsor, Rep. Rick Nolan and our Move to Amend affiliates for their handiwork. Well done!
Of course we want to thank our first-time co-sponsors:
Rep. Alma Adams [NC-12],
Rep. Donald Beyer, Jr. [VA-8],
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [OR-1],
Rep. Eliot Engel [NY-16],
Rep. Derek Kilmer [WA-6],
Rep. Ro Khanna, [CA-17],
Rep. Donald Norcross [NJ-1],
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton [DC-At Large],
Rep. Jamie Raskin [MD-8],
Rep. Jose Serrano [NY-15], and
Rep. Paul Tonko, Paul [NY-20]
If you're a constituent of one of the above members of Congress, send them a thank-you note here. They need and will appreciate your support. (A full list of our co-sponsors is here.)
Contact your member of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor H.J.R. 48, the We the People Amendment!
Southern Illinois Move to Amend Coordinator, Dr. Pamella Gronemeyer, Receives Outstanding Working Women of Illinois Award
May 5, 2016
Dr. Pamela Gronemeyer is a member of the Highland Business Women’s Club, owner of SEMC Pathology in Highland, and lead organizer for Move to Amend in Glen Carbon!
'We Will Only Get Louder': Dozens of Communities Vote to Boot Big Money from Politics
November 6, 2014
Huge margins back up claim that 'nearly all Americans share the sentiment that corporations should not have the same rights as people'
Citizens in dozens of communities voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for their legislators to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, which opened the door for the super-rich and corporations to trample democracy.
As they headed to the polls to vote in what turned out to be the most expensive midterm election in history — one in which outside money from undisclosed sources played an outsized role and the number of small individual donors shrank — voters across the country made clear their desire to end corporate personhood and get big money out of politics.
Press Coverage
We the People, Not We the Corporations: Move to Amend Forum at DuPage UU Church, March 24
March 9, 2013
Chcago Tribune
The controversial Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission case has spawned a massive grassroots movement, Move to Amend, www.MoveToAmend.org, calling for an end to corporate personhood.
Oak Park Response to "Citizens United" on Tuesday Ballot
November 6, 2012
OakPark-River Forest Patch
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court removed virtually all restrictions on corporate money in politics, groups around the country have been attempting to overturn the results of "Citizens United."
Now communities such as Oak Park are giving residents a voice on whether that should happen.
Oak Park Township has placed an advisory referendum on Tuesday's ballot asking voters for governments on all levels to consider a constitutional amendment regulating political funding of campaigns.
Voters in DuPage endorse ways to rein in power
November 8, 2012
Naperville Sun
DuPage County voters came down firmly behind proposals to rein in two forms of political power when they went to the ballot booth this week.
A statewide advisory measure urging a prohibition on simultaneously holding two elected offices drew overwhelming endorsement, with more than 90 percent in DuPage favoring the ban.