Campaign for America , a leading business coalition supporting campaign finance reform, is running advertisements calling attention to the need for reform. The CFA ads are running on cable television in Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington state urging citizens to call their Senators and ask them to support campaign finance reform. CFA has also commissioned a series of polls indicating very low approval of the current campaign finance system, and huge majorities in favor of campaign finance measures such as enhanced disclosure requirements and political party contribution limits. The Committee for Economic Development , a coalition which includes corporate Chairs, CEOs, and academic leaders in its ranks is also active in the campaign finance reform fight.
Corporate executives feel pressured to give big-dollar donations.
The Sierra Club is making the connection between a clean environment and clean elections. They too, are urging their members to support the McCain-Feingold bill. The National Council of Churches, the Unitarian Universalist Association, United Churches of Christ, several Catholic organizations, and other religious groups are similarly encouraging their members to be active in calling on Senators to support campaign finance reform. Public Citizen , the citizens' lobby founded by Ralph Nader, is also fighting for passage of the McCain-Feingold bill with direct lobbying and grassroots organizing. Along her walk, Doris has often received logistical support and has been lodged overnight in the homes of members of Common Cause and other groups.