PIML 96061905 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 23:29:56 -0700 From: crider@cts.com (Tracy Crider) Subject: S. 1219 Action Alert! ACTION ALERT Attention Campaign Finance Reform Advocates Cloture Vote on S. 1219 Set for June 25 After months of delay and obstruction, the senate will finally vote next week on campaign finance reform! The key vote on the Bipartisan Clean Congress Act, S. 1219, will probably take place on June 25, when reformers will try to get 60 votes to stop a filibuster by defenders of corrupt, special interest money. Your immediate action can make a difference between victory and defeat in this extraordinarily important vote. URGENT action is necessary. Please help by activating phone trees to get calls in to those senators not yet supporting the bill. Key Elements of the Bipartisan Clean Congress Act: *Provides free or reduced rate TV and radio time for candidates who agree to limit their spending *Enacts tough new restrictions on special interest money in campaigns. The bill restricts "soft money," contributions made to political parties by wealthy individuals, corporations, unions and others, and bans "bundling," the practice used by lobbyists and corporate executives to evade contribution limits. *Restricts the influence of PACs -- the most visible source of money and the most obvious tool of special interests. S. 1219 Co-Sponsors (19) DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Feingold (D-WI) McCain (R-AZ) Wellstone (D-MN) Thompson (R-TN) Graham (D-FL) Kassebaum (R-KS) Dodd (D-CT) Simpson (R-WY) Kerry (D-MA) Kerrey (D-NE) Moseley-Braun (D-IL) Pell (D-RI) Simon (D-IL) Bingaman (D-NM) Wyden (D-OR) Glenn (D-OH) Nunn (D-GA) Murray (D-WA) Kohl (D-WI) If your Senators are not on this list, please call them today and urge them to vote FOR S. 1219 and FOR CLOTURE to end a filibuster. Congressional Switchboard 202- 224-3121 For more information, call Tracy Reiman at Public Citizen at 202-546-4996 or e-mail to treiman@citizen.org. THANKS ALL!!! Tracy Reiman Organizer Public Citizen's Congress Watch 202-546-4996 treiman@citizen.org ====================================================== Tracy Crider crider@cts.com Cardiff by the sea, CA 619 943-6907 fax 619 943-6908 Try the web page http://www.millennianet.com/crider ====================================================== Quote: "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." --Mahatma Gandhi ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.