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Is the Chamber of Commerce using foreign money to buy elections?


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Don’t let the Chamber of Commerce undermine our democracy. 

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the poster child for corporate corruption of our electoral system.

This year alone the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has pledged to spend an unprecedented $75 million on ads attacking candidates who don’t bow to corporate interests.

However, an explosive new report by the Center for American Progress reveals that some of that corporate cash might actually be coming from foreign entities, which would be a federal crime.

There is already too much corporate cash spent to influence our elections. It’s unacceptable that our democracy would be further undermined by illegal donations from foreign interests.

Election Day is just around the corner, and time is running out. Please join the movement of people demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department investigate the U.S. Chamber of Commerce immediately.

Tell the DOJ: Investigate the U.S. Chamber of Commerce immediately.

The Chamber of Commerce denies that it uses foreign money in any way that’s illegal, but the Center for American Progress has documented how the Chamber aggressively raises money outside the United States from foreign entities – including state-run companies in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, India and Russia – and deposits that money into the same general fund used to fund the Chamber’s political program.

Because of the Chamber’s tax status as a trade organization, it can shield most of its financial information from the public. So without a government investigation, all we have to go on is the Chamber’s word.

Given the stakes of this election, we cannot just take the Chamber’s word for it. And we cannot wait for this issue to drag through a partisan Federal Elections Commission – the election is days away and there’s too much at stake this November.

Add your name to the chorus of people around the country calling on the Department of Justice to immediately move to investigate this explosive charge.

Tell the DOJ: Investigate the U.S. Chamber of Commerce immediately.

Thank you for taking action,

– The Change.org Team

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Rainforest Action Network


 

Rainforest Action Network
Tell Utah to keep its tar sands in the ground!
Utah Canyonlands
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tar sands

The now infamous Alberta tar sands wreak havoc not only on Canada’s land, people and wildlife, but the global climate at large.

The United States is next on the list of tar sands victims. Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas & Mining has approved the first ever tar sands mine in the U.S. directly adjacent to Canyonlands National Park.

Let’s nip this nightmare in the bud.

Demand Utah’s director of Oil, Gas and Mining John Baza protect our national parks from the dirtiest oil extraction method on Earth.

Canada’s Earth Energy Resources, the company that is trying to mine tar sands in Utah, expects to produce 2,000 barrels of crude bitumen per day from this horrific mining project. If Earth Energy Resources gets its way the tar sands min project would occupy 213 acres within the Colorado River watershed.

We can’t allow the precedent of tar sands extraction to be set in America. These stakes are simply too high to live with.

Email John Baza today and tell him to keep tar sands mining out of Utah.

Thank you for helping to prevent the tar sands industry from getting a toehold in the United States.

Brant Olson

Thank you for acting to protect our National Parks,
Brant Olson
Freedom From Oil Campaign
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S. 2919, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2010


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A Mammogram Never Felt So Good


 

 
Who would have thought that a mammogram could ever be made a little more pleasant?

Thanks to some of the provisions of the new health care law that took effect last month, now, when you enroll in a new health plan, you no longer have co-pays for certain preventive health care services, including mammograms.

Keeping your family, friends, and co-workers healthy can be as easy as a click of a button. Share our e-card in honor of National Mammography Day, and remind those you are close to about the importance of getting their annual mammograms.

And check out our latest fact sheets to find out more about what there is to like for women in the new health care law.

Sincerely,
Judy Waxman Judy Waxman
Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. We thank you for all the ways you have helped us achieve so much, and we need your continued support to continue to make gains for women and their families. Please donate today.
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It’s dirty trick #1 in the Rove playbook


Only 19 Days Left Until The Election When you’ve got dirty laundry, don’t apologize for it. Instead, just throw it at your opponent.

That’s exactly what the Republican attack squad is trying to pull off.

They’re claiming that my fellow House Democrats who consistently stand up for good paying American jobs are actually the ones to blame for jobs getting shipped overseas. Worse yet, they’re relying on millions of dollars from pro-outsourcing special interests to launch their attacks. Shameless.

We can’t let their lies take hold because we failed to act. The DCCC has got rapid response ads ready to fight back with the truth, but we simply must raise $117,337 more by tomorrow’s ad buy deadline to get them on the air.

Contribute $5, $10 or more to House Democrats’ October Rapid Response Fund before tonight’s Midnight Tomorrow and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a group of committed Democrats. Your generous support is urgently needed to help our Democratic candidates fight back against Republican attacks.

It won’t surprise you that the Pulitzer Prize winning Politifact called the Republicans’ baseless attacks “FALSE.” It would be comical if the stakes of this election weren’t so high.

With early voting already under way, sitting on our hands is not an option. We all know what happens when you let smears like this go unchallenged. None of us can afford to look back on Election Day wishing we did more to fight back. And we certainly can’t let the Republicans and their front groups dominate the airwaves in the final days of this Election.

A gift of $10 will go a long way to getting ads on the air before tomorrow’s midnight deadline hits.

Thank you for standing with us.

Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
Congresswoman, New York’s 14th District