Excerpting, editing by Carolyn Bennett
- Empowering Americans to stand up against exploding corporate influence in Washington
- Holding representatives accountable to every constituent, regardless of economic class or insider access
- Supporting national, state, local candidates who stand up for our progressive ideals
—Progressives United —
Citizen's Confidence that government is working for them is at an all time low so nothing can be more important than progressive action working to ensure that elected officials are accountable to their constituents.
We simply cannot allow our representatives in government to become liable to corporate interests willing to spend millions to elect politicians sympathetic to their agenda.
Formed in wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC (January 21, 2010) “that undercut one hundred years of precedent, and declared that corporations have the same political rights as individuals, Progressives United is founded … to fight back by empowering Americans to take back their right to free speech and fair elections.”
Progressives United as stated by its founder, former Senator Russell Feingold — Building a massive grassroots effort dedicated to mitigating the effects of, and eventually overturning, the Citizens United decision.
An organization working to —
- Provide means for individuals to stand up to the big money special interests ruling Washington.
- Ensure that elected officials are held accountable to their constituents and are not beholden to corporate interests.
- Elect leaders at all levels of government who will stand up for progressive ideals.
- Rapidly respond to stories, ensuring that democratic principles and individual rights are at the forefront of all stories regarding corporate influence in politics.
- Closely monitor all elected officials, calling them out when they are acting against what is best for their constituents in order to benefit a special interest.
- Ensure that campaign finance is a prominent issue in the 2012 campaign…
“Progressives United is dedicated to opposing corporate dominance over U.S. elections. Working every day to ensure and hold true, in Abraham Lincoln’s words, that we are ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people.’”
Latest from Progressives United
“He Has Got To Go”
By Russ Feingold, March 29, 2011
“News broke last week that General Electric, America’s largest corporation, made $14,200,000,000 in profits last year and paid $0 in taxes — that’s right, ZERO dollars in taxes.
“At the same time, C.E.O. Jeffrey Immelt saw his compensation double. Now I hear that GE is expected to ask 15,000 of its unionized workers to make major concessions in wages and benefits.
“What really adds insult to injury is the prestigious, influential position Jeffrey Immelt holds as chair of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
“That’s wrong… “It is everything that’s wrong with corporate power today.”
“We cannot stand by and watch while we are led down this road. Mr. Immelt must step down from the president’s jobs panel. If he won't, the president needs to ask for his resignation.”
Sources and notes
http://www.progressivesunited.org/blog/
Progressives United P.O. Box 620062 Middleton, WI 53562
phone: 608/831-7877 | fax: 608/831-3192 | email: info@progressivesunited.org
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Russell Dana FEINGOLD (former) Senator from Wisconsin: elected as a Democrat to the Senate of the United States in 1992; reelected in 1998 and again in 2004— Senate Years of Service: January 3, 1993- January 3, 2011. Member of Wisconsin State Senate (1983-1993)
Admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1979, practiced law in Madison, Wisconsin (1979-1985); was a visiting professor at Beloit College (1985). Academic credentials received University of Wisconsin, Madison (1975); Magdalen College, Oxford (England) as a Rhodes Scholar (1977); Harvard University Law School (1979). Russ Feingold was born in 1953 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000061
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