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March 31, 2010

Mr. Robert Reinsel

3203 Armory Court

Fairfax, VA 22030-1911

Dear Mr. Reinsel,

Thank you for contacting me with respect to your concern with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on Citizens United versus the Federal Election Commission. I appreciate your concern on this issue. Your views are important to me.

I share your concern that this ruling was an unprecedented change in Constitutional law, bestowing all of the guaranteed individual rights to corporations. Giving corporations an unfettered ability to fund and influence various election campaigns is a dangerous policy, and anathema to our nation's principle of one individual - one vote. I will keep your concerns with this ruling in mind as the Congress deliberates opportunities to address this ruling.

Once again, thank you for expressing your concern on this very important issue. I appreciate hearing from you. For more information on my views on other issues, please feel free to visit my website at http://connolly.house.gov. I also encourage you to visit the website to sign up for my e-newsletter.

Sincerely,

Gerald E. Connolly
Member of Congress
11th District, Virginia

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mc said...

This was posed as a comment by mc .

I think this is good. I totally agree that growing the organization is paramount at this point. But I do think there are a few issues where there is enough consensus to come up with precise policy positions, comment publicly, and help the organization in terms of attracting others. Hope I didn't seem overly cautious.

1. Campaign Finance Reform and Current Legislation in the works re: Citizens United

2. Lobbying Reform for the House and Senate

3. Extreme and Violent tactics of the Tea Party

4. I'd also note that a lot of people were dissappointed in Rep. Cantor in particular.

There were also a few people who worked on Health Care professionally. I think that could come in handy not only for education, but also for reaching out to the community. For example, helping people in the community sift through the various healthcare plans, finding the best one for them, etc., could attract some others who might not normally get involved in politics/advocacy. It also could distinguish us from some of the other advocacy groups. Just a thought.

mc

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