Month: March 2017

Texas to Consider Bill for 28th Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

Tomorrow, Thursday, March 30th, there will be a public hearing for bill HCR 34 before the Select Committee on House State and Federal Power and Responsibility in the Texas Legislature. The bill, sponsored by Representative Rafael Anchia, urges Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens
Read More

Joint Committee of Connecticut Legislature Approves Cutting-Edge Law Challenging Super PACs and Foreign-Influenced Corporate Political Spending

Last night, a joint committee of the Connecticut General Assembly took a big step in the movement to push back against Citizens United. The legislature’s joint Government Administration and Elections Committee approved House Bill 5589. With the leadership of Senator Ted Kennedy Jr. and House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, Connecticut has taken a big step toward
Read More

Postpone Gorsuch Hearings Until Russia Investigation Complete

We call upon the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone the confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court until the questions of Russian interference in the election, and potential Trump campaign coordination or collusion, have been fully investigated. On Monday, March 20th, FBI Director James Comey told the U.S. House
Read More

FSFP Urges NY Attorney General & Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to Investigate Allegations of Corruption Involving President Trump, Trump Organization

Free Speech For People called on the Attorney General of New York and the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan) to investigate serious allegations of potential corruption involving President Trump and the Trump Organization.
Read More