Project:Fix Congress First



'''NOTE: This project is not yet active. For more details, contact [mailto:conor@opencongress.org Conor Kenny]'''

About
Fix Congress First is a project of Change Congress, a non-partisan advocacy organization whose sole purpose is to protect the independence of Congress by fighting the influence of money in politics. OpenCongress is a project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement through free technology. Both organizations share a foundational belief in full transparency in government and in comprehensive electoral reform. Now, these two projects and their online communities have come together here, on the open-source OpenCongress Wiki, to create a public-resource knowledge hub for the Fix Congress First movement.

This is a publicly-editable community wiki project, so please first take a look around our current campaigns below, and then you're encouraged to contribute whatever materials and information you have. The first project below is uses a new "whip count" tool on the OC wiki to record a specific stance from every member of Congress on the centerpiece legislative effort of the reform movement, the Fair Elections Now Act -- summary on the FCF site, more info on the OC bill profile page. The second proejct below tracks the progress of FCF's effort to Call a Convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to ensure fair elections. Simply click the name of either project below to view easy-to-understand details about how you can help gather the information we need and advocate with your elected officials for Fair Elections.

The below projects are just a start -- feel free to suggest new wiki projects here and build them with your online network. For questions about the FixCongressFirst effort, please email Joey Mornin, Online Director, at :: joey [at] fixcongressfirst d0t org. For questions about how to use this Wiki, please email Conor Kenny, OpenCongress Wiki Editor, at :: conor (attt) opencongress d0t org.

Projects
Active Fix Congress First - Wiki projects:


 * 1) A "whip count" of supporters and opponents of the Fair Elections Act of 2010
 * 2) State-by-state progress and info on calling a new Constitutional Convention

Pitch-in!
This project is run by the Fix Congress First community and we need your help. Check the community portal for more info on how to get involved.