ACTION ALERT: Demand an Investigation of Bill Frist
Wed Oct 19, 2005 at 11:20:00 AM PDT
Hey guys. While all of you are waiting/refreshing your page every 15 seconds waiting for certain news, here is another
easy activism you can take part in to
restore honor and dignity in Washington. Ask for an investigation of Senator Bill Frist. Yes, so far we have
written two letters to the Senate Ethics Committee requesting an investigation of Senator Bill Frist's sale of HCA, Inc. stock from his so-called "blind" trust. We haven't gotten any response from them yet. The
Securities and Exchange Commission is already investigating whether Frist is guilty of insider trading because his family started HCA and his brother sits on the board of directors. So we need your help in convincing the leaders Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the sale of Senator Bill Frist's stock in his family's company.
Call their offices and demand that the Ethics Committee investigate Senator Frist's stock sales:
- Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
Chairman, Senate Ethics Committee
202-224-3353
- Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Ranking Member, Senate Ethics Committee
202-224-5842
More after the jump ...
Katrina Activism:Stand up for our Police, Firefighters, our First Responders
Mon Oct 17, 2005 at 08:43:44 AM PDT
Today
here at Common Cause we have released
our latest report in a series of them on
government failures surrounding Hurricane Katrina - this time looking at how a
decade of failed telecommunications policy has left our police and first responders without adequate communications tools when crises hit.
Based on this information we are asking for our activists from all over the country to take immediate action and put pressure on the Congress to make sure that our publicly owned airwaves are used for public safety and the public good. Congress is expected to take up legislation this week that would set a hard deadline for the broadcast industry to turn over a portion of our airwaves. Please join us in
calling our Senators today to make sure that our publicly owned airwaves are used for public safety and the public good. More details after the jump. Thank you so much again for making us feel welcome at this wonderful community.
Common Cause calls for Ethics Investigation of Senator Frist
Tue Sep 27, 2005 at 12:34:55 PM PDT
Crossposted on
CommonblogCommon Cause today
called on the Senate Ethics Committee to initiate an investigation to determine whether Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) violated Senate ethics rules by directing trustees to sell his HCA Inc. stock held in a blind trust.
The model blind trust agreement available on the Ethics Committee's website states that there shall be no "direct or indirect communication" between senators and trustees unless the senator is directing the trustee "to sell all of an asset . . . [which] creates a conflict of interest or the appearance thereof due to the subsequent assumption of duties" by the senator.
Click here to read the full letter to the Ethics Committee.
More after the jump
ACTION ALERT!: Demand an Independent Nonpartisan Katrina Commission Today
Wed Sep 21, 2005 at 09:07:07 AM PDT
ACTION ALERT: Baghdad Votes, DC Doesn't ...
Tue Aug 02, 2005 at 08:01:04 AM PDT
Everyone here is rooting for the Iraq war hero/combat veteran Paul Hackett in Cincy today, who is gunning for a seat in the United States Congress. But I wanted to come here today and ask you guys to join another campaign - which is to fight for voting rights for the residents of Washington D.C. Citizens of OH-02 are voting for a congressional representative, who will actually have a vote. Earlier this Jan. we saw the citizens of Baghdad braving deadly violence to vote and giving us those unforgettable images of their raised purple-inked fingers. But as heroes like Major Hackett gave it all their all so that citizens of Baghdad could vote, here in D.C. folks watched those images of puple inked fingers knowing they are still without any representation in Congress. In fact, expatriate Iraqi citizens living in DC voted in the Iraqi election, while their neighbors have gone more than 200 years without representation in Congress.
More after the flip.
ACTION ALERT: Stop Chris Cox Nomination (as SEC Chair) Tomorrow
Mon Jul 25, 2005 at 07:09:57 AM PDT
Hi folks. We have so many battles to fight right now - uncovering the strands of RoveGate, pealing the John Roberts onion. Our hands are full. But I submit to you another nomination by this administration, which is slipping under everyone's radar. We
need your help in opposing the nomination of Congressman Chris Cox as the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Here are
our reasons , which I am going to post and and expand on below the fold. Our calling targets are the Senators of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ("Senate Banking Committee").
PLEASE CALL ALL OF THEM today and tomorrow, urge them to stop/oppose the Chris Cox nomination. Details after the fold. Please make the calls today. Again thanks so much for all of your support for Common Cause here at this wonderful community.
ACTION ALERT for Election Reform: Please make a phone call for paper trail
Thu Jul 21, 2005 at 07:32:20 AM PDT
Cross posted on
Common Blog Folks wanted to bring to your attention an important election reform related action we can all use your help with. I know rightly everyone is focused on Rove and latest culture of corruption related news of the day, but it really comes down to election reform. If we have had an election system that was not broken, we might have seen something different in Ohio and in Florida in 04 and in 00. So we are continuing to
chip away, and we can use your help again, as we are
targeting Kenneth Blackwell/Katherine Harrises of the world - Secretaries of States around the country in our latest action for paper trail. If you can kindly recommend this diary, and keep this action going all through the day it would be much appreciated. Thanks again so much for making us feel welcome to your community. If you have comments, suggestions, please post away, I will be answering as many questions or get the answers to you as possible. Thanks again. More after the flip.
Coin-Gate ACTION ALERT: 3 Reforms to Clean Up Ohio
Thu Jul 14, 2005 at 07:19:01 AM PDT
We know ROVE IS THE TOPIC of the week, however thought we let you know about some important reforms taking on the WHOLE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, starting in Ohio. Little more than two weeks ago we (
Common Cause) sent out an
email to our supporters about the "Coingate" political scandal, which has exposed how the GOP in OH have been exchanging political favors for campaign contributions. But the scandal goes much deeper, threatening democracy in Ohio in a culture of systematic political corruption. These threats include:
- The Ohio General Assembly voting to increase the amount wealthy donors can give to their campaigns by 400percent, allowing candidates to accept contributions of $10,000,
- Partisan gerrymandering of legislative and Congressional districts allowing self-interested politicians to chose their voters, while tens of thousands of voters are left disenfranchised,
- Partisans administering elections in which they have a direct interest, while voters are left withour sufficient access to the polls casting doubts on election results.
We need to end this culture of political corruption today. More after the jump ...
DeLay Action Alert: CALL Hastert & Radio Ads. in his Districts
Tue Jun 28, 2005 at 07:23:39 AM PDT
Hi folks. First and foremost ... let's get the
action item out of the way.
Call Hastert's offices today and ask the Speaker to intervene to jump start the stalled ethics process in the House, and help bring in an outside counsel to investigate Tom DeLay.
Thanks to all of you our
radio ads (Real Audio file)campaign officially got underway yesterday in Speaker Hastert's district. We are
running ads (placed in traffic and weather reports) that are urging Hastert's constituents to drive home the message that he needs to demonstrate leadership by bringing in an outside counsel to investigate ethics allegations against Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) and restart the stalled ethics process in the (GOP dominated) House of Reps. We are also sending him a letter today along with
Public Campaign,
Public Citizen, and
U.S. Public Interest Research Group urging him to step in, getting the dysfunctional Ethics Committee back on track, and encourage the appointment of an outside counsel to investigate DeLay.
More after the jump, including a front page article in the Roll Call today.
URGENT PBS ACTION ALERT!: Let's Keep the Big Bird Flying (Updated)
Wed Jun 22, 2005 at 12:56:57 PM PDT
UPDATE (4:55 pm EST): Thanks for the quick recommend guys. We need to keep up these calls all through the day tomorrow. If you want to pass this on to your friends and family, simply use this action page:
http://www.commoncause.org/KeepBigBirdFlyingJust posted this on
CommonbLog. Last week, House appropriators cut $100 million from next year's budget for public broadcasting. House members also voted to cut all federal funds to public broadcasting by 2008. As the Washington Post noted, the cuts were a "malicious wounding, if not outright attempted murder, of public broadcasting in America."
We asked you to oppose these drastic cuts, and
your calls and emails made a difference. The House Appropriations Committee decided not to cut off all funds by 2008, but the Committee did not rescind its $100 million cut for 2006.
But time is running out and tomorrow, the House will vote on its final budget proposal for public broadcasting.
That's why we need your help again, as we need to flood the Congress with phone calls and emails. More after the jump.
ACTION ALERT: Help Common Cause Run DeLay Radio Ads. in Hastert's District
Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 12:19:24 PM PDT
Hi folks,
We just sent out an email alert asking our members and supporters to help us raise $10,500 online so that we can purchase drive-time radio ads in House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) district. We need to raise $10,500 by the end of the week to buy these ads, which will urge constituents from the Speaker's district to contact him and ask him to appoint an indepdent, outside counsel to investigate the mounting allegations of ethics abuses against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). The ads will urge Hastert's constituents to drive home the message that he needs to demonstrate leadership by bringing in an outside counsel to investigate ethics allegations against DeLay and restart the stalled ethics process in the GOP controlled House.
You can view the text of email from Chellie Pingree, Common Cause President, right after the jump.
Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks again guys. -Murshed
OH COIN-GATE ACTION ALERT!! Demand an Independent Investigation
Wed Jun 15, 2005 at 08:24:56 AM PDT
Hi folks. Just posted this on
our blog. You all know about the blockbuster Ohio Coingate Scandal rocking the GOP's one party establishment. Those of you who are just finding out about this story, you can read background information on this blockbuster scandal, which has reached from the White House in D.C. to the Governor's mansion in Sacramento California, by clicking
here,
here, and
here.
What we need from all you today is to take quick, and swift action, sending a clear message to the folks who are enveloping our nation into a culture of corruption. We need you to take action today demanding that state's highest official Governor Bob Taft (R), to clean up this stench of culture of corruption, which has stained its ruling establishment up and down the line, and throughout the nation reaching to the highest levels of our Government - including the White House. Sign our petition today, demanding the Ohio Governor to launch an indepdent investigation (witout the partisan meddling from ruling establishment) into these scandals:
http://www.commoncause.org/InvestigateCoingate
More after the jump ...
ACTION ALERT!: Stop Congress From Killing Public Broadcasting ...
Mon Jun 13, 2005 at 10:52:08 AM PDT
Hi folks. We are sending out an action alert to our list in a bit. Here is our post from Common Cause President Chellie Pingree, which just went up on
CommonBlog.
We are targeting the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee, which voted for a drastic cut in funding for public broadcasting. Give them a call and also send an email to your representative as well. Here is the info:
- Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) (202) 225-5861
- Vice-Chairman Ralph Regula (R-OH) (202) 225-3876
Call these leaders and ask them not to meddle with the funding for public broadcasting. In addition,
please email your Member of Congress and let him or her know that you oppose efforts to slash funding for public broadcasting:
http://www.commoncause.org/savepublicbroadcastingI am posting Chellie's entire post from
CommonBlog right after the jump. Please help us get the word out and blitz the Congress with phone calls and emails today. Please fire away any questions, comments, better yet suggestions to better our campaign. Many thanks.
-Murshed
Need Netroots Help: GOP Tries to Gut Public Broadcasting ... Again
Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 08:53:13 AM PDT
Hi folks. We need the help of Kossack a community brainstorming session. I am crossposting our post on
latest GOP efforts to kill public broacasting on CommonBlog after the jump. We have been on conference calls all morning strategizing about our next steps. We are of course going to be coming out with action alerts on this on Monday. But meanwhile, I'd like to hear your ideas on what else besides calling Congress, we can be doing to have an all our net/grassroots engagement on this issue. Of course, as always I will be sticking around here to answer as many questions, and discuss the issue best I can. You can post your comments and suggestions on
our blog as well. Thanks again. - Murshed
ACTION ALERT!!: Critical Hour to Push Clean Election in Connecticut
Tue Jun 07, 2005 at 10:29:12 AM PDT
Hi folks. This is an urgent call for help from everyone here at dailykos and beyond. We are in the last hours of a huge battle to pass critical legislation in Connecitcut concerning publicly financed elections, which will take away the impact of corporate chronies, who are so threatening our state politics all over the country. Help us push this over. I am posting an entire post from Chellie Pingree, President of Common Cause after the jump. We are teaming up with MoveOn, Public Campaign, and few other good folks to get this through. Please, please join us. Thank you so much again for your warm welcome to
Common Cause to your wonderful community.
-Murshed
DeLay Action Alert: CALL the Leaders for House Ethics
Wed Jun 01, 2005 at 06:33:13 AM PDT
Just posted this on
CommonBlog.
Following up on
the letter we sent to House Ethics Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) and ranking member Allan Mollohan (D-WV) last Friday, this morning we just sent out an email to our online members, urging them to call these two members. So if you are reading this post this morning, take five minutes out of your morning, and please call Reps. Hastings and Mollohan, and ask them to appoint a credible outside counsel, with experience and stature in the legal community, to thoroughly investigate DeLay. Their phone numbers are:
- Doc Hastings (R-WA)
Chairman, House Ethics Committee
202-225-5816
- Allan Mollohan (D-WV)
Ranking Member, House Ethics Committee
202-225-4172
Let us know how your calls are going. More (including the text of our email) after the jump.
Jeb Bush is Raising Money for "Election Reform"
Tue May 31, 2005 at 01:20:23 PM PDT
You can't make this up. Jeb Bush is helping Arnold Schwarznegger raising money in Florida for election reform in California. So we (
Common Cause) are inviting him to come out to California and team up with Common Cause to raise resources so that we can push for redistricting reform in Florida. Here is the post I just put up on
CommonBlog:
No really ... I am not making this up. Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) is out doing fundraising for election reform. Governor Bush was helping out California Governor Arnold Shwarzenegger
promoting election reform in California:
It's a funny old world when Floridians are out raising money to help other states reform their elections.
More after the jump ...
UPDATE II: Is Tom DeLay the RUN AWAY BRIDE?
Fri May 27, 2005 at 08:11:43 AM PDT
UPDATE II 1:13 pmIf people are interested in emailing Keith Olberman, here are the addresses:countdown@msnbc.com or Olbermann@msnbc.com
UPDATE 12:06 pm EST: Thanks again for recommending this diary guys. Minutes ago we sent a letter out to the Ethics Committee DEMANDING an OUTSIDE COUNSEL to investigate Tom DeLay. David from
DailyDeLay (who are doing a great job), just made
this post.
Just posted this on the
CommonBlog. We are going to see a lot of spin in the media next few days about how Tom DeLay really had nothing to do with with Texas based political action committe (TRMPAC), which he created and fundraised for, and lead, after the clear cut decision which came out yesterday. We can't let this happen. We can't let DeLay turn himself into a run away bride distancing himself from TRMPAC. We need to make sure to get our message out on the media about how DeLay's fingerprints all over TRMPAC. Help us get the word out guys. Thanks again.
My entire post from the
CommonBlog with links to copies of TRMPAC documents showing connections between DeLay and TRMPAC after the jump.
-Murshed
