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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republican Party I represented proudly for 18 years did not shy away from taking on special-interest money when it conflicted with constituents' needs.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voluntary public funding of elections solves the free speech 'problem' with more speech instead of more regulation: by giving qualified candidates who show broad-based constituent support enough matching public funds to mount a credible campaign.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I served three terms in the U.S. Senate and was co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in 2010. So I know a bit about how Washington operates, and I have had plenty of experience doing the work of running for office.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money's dominance over politics isn't merely one problem of many our country faces. It is the problem! It is a growing crisis that prevents us from tackling anything else.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The concept of government of, by, and for the people isn't just a platitude. It's the moral construction of our nation. It's in our bones.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire system.
- Encourages
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- Nov 07, 2020
Restoring and maintaining a great nation's fiscal health will require not just sound arguments and an engaged public but something more. It will require an electoral system that encourages our representatives to place the long-term interests of the public ahead of parochial special interests.
- Campaign Finance Reform
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform was not already clear, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United permitting unlimited corporate and union spending in campaigns certainly made it so in 2010.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one place where concerned citizens in both parties can begin: Changing the source of money that funds all campaigns.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020