"Common Cause serves as an independent voice for change and a watchdog against corruption and abuse of power. Together with our sister organization, the Common Cause Education Fund, we employ a powerful combination of grassroots organizing, coalition building, research, policy development, public education, lobbying and litigation to win reform at all levels of government... Today it works tirelessly to - Strengthen public participation and faith in our institutions of self-government;
- Ensure that government and the political process serve the common good, rather than special interests;
- Curb the excessive influence of money on government decisions and elections and illuminate the connections between lobbying money coming in and government expenditures going out;
- Promote fair, honest and transparent elections;
- Hold government officials accountable for working within the rule of law and under high standards of ethical conduct;
- Fight for a vigorous, independent and diverse media; and
- Protect the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans...
This then is our common cause: to forge a democracy by and responsive to an engaged public, and committed to progress in the struggle for social, economic and environmental justice for all." |
