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Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a way for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest. Common Cause remains committed to honest, open and accountable government, as well as encouraging citizen participation in democracy. Common cause is working to: *Advance campaign reforms that make people and ideas more important than money . *Make certain that government is open, ethical and accountable *Remove barriers to voting and ensure that our voting systems are accurate and accessible *Increase the diversity of voices and ownership in media, to make media more responsive to the needs of citizens in a democracy and to protect the editorial independence of public broadcasting *Uphold the rule of law by opposing any attempts to undermine the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, *Increase participation in the political process.
What they want is to strengthen public participation and faith in our institutions of self-government; to ensure that government and political processes serve the general interest, rather than special interests; to curb the excessive influence of money on government decisions and elections; to promote fair elections and high ethical standards for government officials; and to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans. Common Cause focuses on five broad issues; Money in Politics. Election Reform. Media and Democracy. Ethics in Government. Government Accountability. Things they are working on now. 1mpeach Judge Jay Bybee: Common Cause called for the impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee for signing a 2002 memo released last week that authorized torture. And is currenting trying to apply enough pressure on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings.
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The Leader Bob Edgar is the president and CEO of Common Cause. Bob arrived at Common Cause in 2007 with a long history of leadership and public service that included 12 years in Congress. He was the general secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA for seven years immediately before becoming Common Cause President. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974 to represent the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia, Bob was part of the congressional class nicknamed "the Watergate babies," those elected in the wake of the Watergate scandal and who led sweeping reforms of Congress.
