Thread by @CREWcrew

Ten big reasons for the Senate to do whatever it takes to pass the For the People Act:

1. If presidential candidates disclosed their tax returns, the American people wouldn't have to wonder what interests the president could be beholden to or whether they paid their fair share citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/…

2. If presidents and vice presidents were forced to divest from their assets before taking the oath of office, the president couldn’t rake in $1.6 billion and we wouldn’t have to sue them for violating the Constitution citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

3. If Supreme Court Justices were held to a code of ethics, they’d likely have to recuse from cases involving family members’ employers

(like Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who failed to recuse from a Supreme Court case about Shell)

4. If cabinet members’ private flights were restricted, people like Tom Price and Scott Pruitt wouldn’t be able to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on travel

5. If members of the House were banned from being on corporate boards, we wouldn't have to worry about them using their positions to enrich themselves

(like former Rep. Chris Collins did with Innate Immunotherapeutics back in 2017)

6. If members of Congress were more accountable to their constituents rather than to their wealthy donors, they would be less likely to get away with inciting an insurrection or going on tropical vacations during a crisis in their state

7. If political donors’ names were associated with the advertisements and dark money groups they funded, they could be held accountable for that spending, rather than saying one thing in public and doing another in private

8. If the FEC actually did its job, groups like CREW wouldn't have to sue the FEC to make sure there were consequences when dark money groups break the law

9. If voter registration and election procedures were modernized, more Americans would be able to make their voices heard more easily, shifting power from big money donors and corporations back to the people

10. If states stopped gerrymandering based on race and party, elections would be more about whose policies voters liked, rather than what side of the street they happen to live on

All of this would transform our democracy. It’s time to not just imagine what a better government could look like, but to make it happen.

Contact your senators today and ask them to pass the For the People Act!
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