The story of this past election is one of unprecedented, unrestricted and undisclosed spending by wealthy corporate interests and their shadowy right-wing front groups.

We cannot allow that to be the story of future elections. PFAW is leading the movement to take our democracy back for the people. But we need your help.

Please renew your membership with a donation today to help us make sure there are rules about corporate spending in elections … and that corporations play by them.

Many of the same newly elected members of Congress who have been bought and paid for by corporate interests share an extreme right-wing agenda to roll back decades of progressive gains in civil rights, religious liberty, women’s rights, LGBT equality and more. This is the result of the reckless judicial activism by the Roberts Supreme Court in its 5-4 Citizens United v. FEC ruling, which overturned long-settled campaign finance law.

That decision opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending to influence our elections. And it set the foundation for an unholy alliance between far-right Tea Party candidates and powerful corporations that swept a tidal wave of radical Right Wing politicians into office.

Carmen, there is a solution … one that includes undoing Citizens United with a constitutional amendment and changing the balance on the Supreme Court. PFAW is leading the charge on both of those efforts. But the solution begins with passing the DISCLOSE Act, and we have only a limited window of opportunity to do it.

Your renewal will help People For the American Way work with our allies who are still in control of Congress to pass the DISCLOSE ACT.

Americans deserve to know who is behind the mountains of mysterious cash and the often-misleading TV ads that dominate the airwaves in an election year. This election showed that knowing who is behind the spending makes a huge difference. When voters know the agendas behind the messages, they are much more likely to reject them.

The DISCLOSE Act is the first big step in stopping corporations from drowning out the voice of the average voter. We must get it passed and signed into law in the next few weeks, before the Tea Party-dominated Republican majority — the very people who benefited from undisclosed corporate money — takes over the House in January.

Please renew your membership with a contribution right now to help us win this fight.

PFAW has released a series of reports documenting what happened during this election cycle with corporate spending and exposing the sources of the money where we can, and we’ll be issuing a final report within the next few days. We’ve identified the scope of the threat … winning this critical battle on the DISCLOSE Act is the first step toward solving the problem.

Carmen, this is a battle for the soul of our nation and democracy itself, and I need YOU in the fight.

Please renew your membership with People For the American Way now.

Thank you,

Michael Keegan, President