Public Campaign Action Fund - letter

Take a Stand and Deliver

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:45:45 -0500

Things were hopping at the Willard Hotel in downtown DC yesterday, site of Sen. John McCain's lobbyist-hosted fundraiser. We headed down there to give Sen. McCain the letter we've been gathering signatures for asking for Sen. McCain's commitment to support of public financing of elections for all federal offices. We were successful in making our way through the lobbyist throng and delivering the letter to McCain's staff -- pictures from the event after the jump.

Good for Speech

Katie Schlieper — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:28:10 -0500

This letter by Michael Armstrong, reprinted from the Santa Fe New Mexican in Black Enterprise handily takes on many arguments put forth in opposition to full public financing of elections in a brief but effective summary of the many reasons we spend our days working for Clean Elections.

DeLay's Letter to Constituents

David Donnelly — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:40:00 -0500

Think Progress has a copy of DeLay's handwritten letter to his constituents in TX-22 (primary only a few weeks away!) with this image being the most incredulous part: ...

"DeLay's Dodge"

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:21:00 -0500

Read the American Progress Report's rebuttal of DeLay's letter to his constituents here. ...

Open Letter to Congress

David Donnelly — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:05:00 -0500

Today, Public Campaign Action Fund sent this letter to every Member of Congress:April 6, 2005Dear Member of Congress:Today two major newspapers report two more scandals swirling around House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. His scandals distract Con...

Lautenberg takes DeLay to the mat

David Donnelly — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 06:51:00 -0500

Atrios, via Raw Story: April 1, 2005 Tom DeLay Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Majority Leader DeLay,I was stunned to read the threatening comments you made yesterday against Federal judges and our na...

GOP does not want Reps convicted of felonies

David Donnelly — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:02:00 -0500

Here is how the Republicans in Congress are spinning the rule change... For the first time, a member of leadership who is convicted of a felony must step down from that position.From Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN), via constituent E.J., from a lett...

More Minnesota action

David Donnelly — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:21:00 -0500

In addition to Rep. Gutknecht's (MN-Did Not Vote, but opposed) letter, Minnesota Democrats are turning up the heat on Reps. Kline and Kennedy. A reader passed along an email calling for 'Rallies for Integrity' outside their respective congr...

Letter received by constitutent of Gutknecht (MN)

David Donnelly — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:12:00 -0500

Up-to-date vote count on DeLay Rule. Petition Hastert to hold recorded vote.Reader and Minnesota resident L.B. received a letter from Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-did not vote) dated November 19th (the day after the vote) explaining his position on t...

The Hill Reports on the Delay Vote Tally!

Rick Bielke — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 04:53:00 -0500

[Latest vote count on DeLay Rule.] [Demand a recorded vote.]Today, The Hill ran a piece on the work that TalkingPointsMemo.com and The Daily DeLay have done to tally and tease out who voted and how for the DeLay Rule. The reporter cited our po...