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Cartoon of the Week | March 26, 2020

The widespread effects of big money political spending make it nearly impossible to ignore. Cartoonists, noticing the myriad connections between such spending and the issues plaguing our nation, have used their craft to highlight how big money corrupts our democracy, advances warfare, furthers climate change and, in general,… Read more

The Cure for a Sick System: Health-Care Professionals Call for a Constitutional Amendment to Limit Political Spending | March 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn new attention to policy-related issues including access to and costs of health care. American Promise citizen leaders who have worked in the health-care industry recently shared how they have seen lobbying influence the policy that affects patients’ quality of care and why they… Read more

Citizen Leadership Drives Congressional Hearing on 28th Amendment | March 20, 2020

In February 2020, citizen leaders took the fight for the American Promise Amendment to end unlimited political spending to Capitol Hill... Read more

Business Leaders Tackle Pay-to-Play Politics | March 18, 2020

Pay-to-play benefits only a handful of ultra-wealthy, multinational corporations while small and midsize businesses are forced to shoulder the economic burden. That is why American Promise joined forces with business leaders to create Business for American Promise (BAP). Recently, the International Business Times wrote about the rising business… Read more

A Cross-Partisan Group of Maine Politicians Call for the 28th Amendment | March 10, 2020

Maine is in the midst of the most expensive U.S. Senate race in state history. The flood of money from ultra-wealthy donors and special interests, many from outside the state, is drowning out the voices of Maine voters and giving undue power to an unaccountable elite. In 2013,… Read more

Citizen Leader Spotlight: Women Leaders of the Suffragist Movement | March 4, 2020

As we celebrate Women’s History Month and look back on the efforts it took to pass the 19th Amendment and guarantee women’s right to vote—a goal that took nearly 100 years to achieve—we are humbled by the struggles for equality so many Americans have overcome over the centuries.… Read more

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Money in Politics and Health Care

Big money political spending affects all facets of our society, including our nation’s health-care system. Lobbying from health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other health care-related interests has resulted in a dysfunctional system that is more expensive and provides less coverage than those in other developed countries. Read more

A History of People Power

Throughout our nation’s history, citizen leaders have coalesced around reform movements that expand our fundamental rights to broader coalitions of Americans and improve our democratic self-governance—often through the amendment process. Read more

7 Critical Democracy Reforms: Which Are Most Important to You?

There are several election reforms at the core of the nascent democracy movement growing in the United States, and the prospect that we need to pass constitutional amendments to fix some of the structural issues is gaining traction. Read more

Citizen's United 10th Anniversary

In the decade since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Americans have seen its devastating effects: Election spending by the wealthiest individuals and untraceable dark money groups has skyrocketed, faith in our representative democracy is historically low, and legislative outcomes don’t represent the wishes of Americans, but rather serve the interests of the wealthy elite. Read more
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