We had one day to catch our breath after the election. Then the movement turned its attention to Democratic leadership in Congress. Voters gave Congress a mandate to end corruption and get big money out of politics. The first test is who members of Congress choose to lead.

Sign the Congressional Leadership Letter before those votes are cast →

It’s no secret that corporate interests have had too much influence in the Democratic Party for a long time. This election showed what happens when candidates take that problem head-on. Candidates won on promises to fight corruption and get money out of politics. Some ran explicitly on a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and flipped districts. They took that fight directly to voters and won.

Ohio Rep.-elect Don Leonard is already acting on that mandate. He asked Hakeem Jeffries to meet with him and his constituents about a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Leonard says senior House Democrats warned they’d make his time in Congress “a living hell” if he withheld his support for Jeffries. He spoke out anyway. Every member of Congress about to cast a leadership vote should hear from the people who sent them there. Read Leonard’s story on Move to Amend’s Substack.

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Move to Amend has spent more than a decade organizing to stop corporate power and the political influence of concentrated wealth. The call for a constitutional amendment to end corporate constitutional rights has never been stronger. Now we have to press Congress to act and help our communities and representatives understand the full scope of what needs to change.

Long before Citizens United, the Supreme Court began extending constitutional protections to corporations. Those rulings reach into everyday fights over public health, workplace safety, and corporate accountability. Corporations have invoked constitutional protections to challenge everything from workplace inspections to limits on how they use people’s prescription data. The We the People Amendment addresses both sources of corporate power. It reserves constitutional rights for human beings and requires governments to regulate election contributions and spending.

Sign the letter and demand that members of Congress

• Choose leaders who refuse corporate and PAC money, stand up to wealthy donors, and answer to the people they represent.

• Cosponsor the We the People Amendment, H.J.Res. 54, in the House and introduce a matching resolution in the Senate.

• Secure a public commitment from congressional leaders to hold hearings in the first 100 days of the new Congress and bring the amendment to the floor for a vote.

Add your name to the Congressional Leadership Letter today →

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In solidarity and determination,

Alfonso, Jessica, Jason, Tara, Cole, Shelly, George, Daniel, Kelsey, Jennie, Keyan, Greg and Katie

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