9. Health care (from “Legislating Under the Influence”) Health industries ’ campaign contributions to Congress, 2000-2008 Year / Industry Health Insurance Health Professionals Health Institutions Pharmaceutical & Health Products Total 2000 $12,904,634 $23,550,535 $6,508,361 $9,636,509 $52,600,039 2002 $12,437,381 $25,972,838 $6,875,944 $9,041,329 $54,327,492 2004 $19,324,441 $39,125,256 $10,723,010 $14,258,163 $83,430,870 2006 $18,709,649 $40,598,829 $11,278,207 $17,857,826 $88,444,511 2008 $20,319,441 $43,367,160 $11,864,268 $18,582,414 $94,133,283 Total $83,695,546 $172,614,618 $47,249,790 $69,376,241 $372,936,195
10. Climate crisis << Contributions by the energy industries and environmental groups in the 2008 election cycle (in millions)
15. “ That’s me during ‘call time,’ which is basically what candidates for public office do all day.” - Al Franken, 2007 How to raise it all? (the honest way)
16. How much call time? ~20 hours a week And that’s not even during “campaign season.”
17. Our goal: Change the way we finance elections. Get elected officials out of the endless fundraising race so they can do the job we elected them to do.
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21. “ I got to spend time with voters as opposed to dialing for dollars, or trying to sell tickets to $250-a-plate fundraisers. This was much better.” Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (D), 2004
26. Presidential * Model : now parallel to Fair Elections system * White House : likely to be engaged and support (Norm Eisen) Opportunity : work presidential and congressional together Message: similar, plus “if it’s good enough for one, it should be good enough for the other!”