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A second major component of the initiative targets ballot measures which
have increasingly been co-opted by wealthy special interests in California.

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Additionally , corporations, lobbyists, and state contractors are barred
from donating to political candidates , a major blow at the cash register
politics that many Californians have come to associate with Sacramento .2 increase in the bank and corporation tax rate - roughly a 2 percent
increase in what they already pay.
Under the initiative, corporations would be barred from funding ballot
measure campaigns , including candidate-controlled ballot committees which have
become a common abuse in California elections. WASHINGTON, Today, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs
Jones spoke before the House Administration Committee during their hearing on
the Implementation of the Help America Vote Act following the 2004 election.

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Clean Money candidates would draw from a public fund supported by a small
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A primary example of the abuse is the extensive problems evident in the
Bush administration's new prescription drug program, Burger noted.

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The first half of the initiative parallels a bill now in the state
legislature, AB 583, which would establish a system under which participating
"clean money" candidates who pledge not to accept private contributions
qualify for public funding of their campaigns.
"Now the legislature can show their commitment to genuine campaign finance
reform by enacting the bill and supporting the initiative so that Californians
can benefit from its provisions as soon as next January.

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Three other states, Arizona, Maine , and as of last fall Connecticut, have
adopted clean money elections. The
system has become so popular that every year more candidates participate in
the program, and voter turnout has also increased .

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has been estimated that from $250 million to $300 million was squandered just
in the special election last November, including over $80 million bankrolled
by the pharmaceutical industry in support of a drug pricing plan intended to
pre-empt real drug pricing reform.

"Just as he created
tremendous confusion among voters in Cuyahoga County and across the state of
Ohio during this past election by issuing bizarre directives and playing
partisan politics, his failure to testify before this committee today shows
that he is not committed to improving our election system.
"I would have thought that he would have seen this hearing as an
opportunity to further examine the problems that occurred during this past
election and work to develop a plan of action for addressing them.
They deserve the truth!"
Congresswoman Tubbs Jones recently introduced legislation with Rep. John
Conyers in introducing the Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement
Rights Act , or the VOTER Act of 2005 which seeks to combat the tremendous
voting irregularities that plagued both the 2000 and 2004 elections.

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Burger said the initiative is an important companion to AB 583 which would
ultimately need approval by the voters even if approved by the legislature.

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It's time for the
corporations to pay their fair share to correct this abuse.
"Our electoral system should not be the exclusive playground of the
wealthiest individuals or those beholden to deep pocket corporate interests,"
Burger said. Ken Blackwell
owed it the people of Ohio and of this country to be at this hearing today.

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The
Secretaries of State from key battleground States such as Iowa, New Mexico and
Indiana felt it important enough to attend this hearing today.

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Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Outraged at Blackwell's Failure to Appear During House Administration Hearing

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While the title of the initiative is the California Nurses Clean Money and
Fair Elections Act of 2006, Burger said some might just refer to it as "the
Abramoff Antidote Act" -- rooting out the graft and greed symbolized by now
disgraced federal lobbyist Jack Abramoff and one of his allies, indicted
former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Not coincidentally, the healthcare industry has spent
some $500 million in federal lobbying the past year and a half, far outpacing
any other sector.

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contrast , said Burger, CNA relies on grassroots activism of its nurses to
advocate for patients in the political system.

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Individuals
must go through private insurers, and drug companies are still allowed to
charge premium prices.

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Circulation of the initiative is expected to begin in about two months
with a goal of placement on the November, 2006 general election ballot. An estimated $200 million would be needed for
the fund; any surplus would go to the state's general fund.
Burger noted that as many as 13% of all corporations operating in
California paid no state income tax in 2004 while spending millions of dollars
on political contributions "that have unduly influenced public policy and
fueled public disenchantment with our political system.
"I am thoroughly disappointed that the Secretary of State from my home
state of Ohio, Ken Blackwell, chose not to testify today before the House
Administration Committee," stated Rep.

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"At a time of widening public disgust with the debasement of our political
system by a culture of corporate corruption and lobbying scandals, this
initiative gives Californians the tools to clean up the mess and take back our
democracy," said CNA President Deborah Burger, RN. Non-profits as well as
individual donors are exempted from the prohibitions.

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California Nurses to Sponsor Clean Money Initiative to Stem Corruption of Elections Ballot Campaigns

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, The California Nurses Association
late Monday introduced a broad reform initiative to transform politics in
California by providing for public financing of elections and tough
restrictions on the corrupting influence of corporations, lobbyists, and other
big money donors in candidate elections and ballot measure campaigns. An alternative version of the initiative
would provide funding through an oil extraction fee; that is the only
difference in the two versions . In Arizona and Maine, the result has been a
surge of diversity in the number of women, minorities , and working people who,
no longer dependent on corporate cash, are able to run for office and win .

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"Repairing out political system and reducing this enormous, unwarranted
sway is a pre-requisite to achieving the reforms we so desperately need --
including transforming our healthcare system, a living wage for all
Californians, effective workplace protections, secure funding for quality
public education, assurances that working people can retire with dignity, and
enhanced environmental standards.

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It also sets mandatory limits
on money non-participating candidates may receive from private donors." AB 583 faces a vote
on the Assembly floor later this month. From 1956 to 1990, 83%
of the state's most expensive initiatives were funded by business groups,
according to the Center for Government Studies in Los Angeles
As nurses, said Burger, "we see the money that is spent by corporate
interests and wealthy individuals against nurses and patients every year . Tubbs Jones.

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