I'd received and signed this before your copy arrived. For many years
I've had more than a little trust in Patty Murray. I know that her
voting record is a mixed bag, but she came into office on a
groundswell of small donations and hard work by Working Class voters.
Her last campaign should have signaled voters that Murray was being
supported by bigger money than the dollars raised through local pot
luck dinners.
While I have never supported limited terms, Murray's long stay in the
Senate demonstrates that even the person with the best of intentions
can be worn down and brought into the "Corporatehood".
Term limits is not democracy. In fact it assists citizens in becoming
lazy. When an elected official does not do the job voters sent them
to do, rather than becoming active and either forcing the official to
do their job, or begin training their replacement, the voters say,
"Their time will be up soon", and nothing changes.
A People's democracy will only work when those People put in the hard
work to make certain that it is doing their bidding. We in Washington
State have become too uninvolved in working with Senator Murray. But
while we have become lazy, the corporate lobbyists have never slacked
off.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/13/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 9:19 AM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: Sign this: A TPP sellout shouldn't be in Democratic leadership
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Senator
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zT2B5> Patty Murray: TPP vote proves her unfit to lead Senate Democrats
Petition to Senate Democrats:
"No Democrat who opposes TPP should support Washington Senator Patty Murray
for any position within the Democratic leadership. Her leading, visible and
public role of working to pass Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership makes her unfit for a leadership position in the caucus."
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Dear Miriam,
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zT2B5> A TPP sellout shouldn't be in Democratic Leadership
Washington Senator Patty Murray is one of 13 Democrats in the U.S. Senate
who sold out practically every progressive constituency - from
environmentalists to labor to Internet freedom advocates - by voting to
pass
Fast Track authority for approving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and
other dangerous trade deals.
President Obama, the Republican leadership of Congress and their allies in
corporate America owe a huge debt of gratitude to Murray who played a
pivotal and leading role in Fast Track becoming law, and now Senator Murray
is considering challenging Senator Dick Durbin for a key leadership
position
in the Senate Democratic caucus.1
This is unacceptable. Supporting Fast Track and playing a crucial role in
the passage of this corporate power grab, should disqualify Murray from
consideration for a leadership position within the Senate Democratic
caucus.
We need to send a message now that there is a price to pay for Democrats
casting votes that serve corporations instead of constituents - and part of
that price is being denied promotion to Democratic leadership in the
Senate.
Tell
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Senate Democrats: Sen. Patty Murray's vote for Fast Track for TPP makes her
unfit to serve in any leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus.
Click here to sign the petition.
Murray is specifically considering a run to be the Democratic whip in the
U.S. Senate, which would put her in position to round up votes from Senate
Democrats on issues ranging from economic justice to climate change. It is
crucial for progressives to have a leader in this position who has a record
of standing up to corporate interests.
Not only did Murray vote for Fast Track, she helped lead the effort to
gather key Democratic votes after cutting a cynical deal with Republican
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. On the Senate floor, as the bill struggled
to reach 60 votes, Murray negotiated a deal trading a vote on reauthorizing
the Export-Import Bank, a government agency "that subsidizes foreign
purchasers of U.S.-made products," in exchange for enough support from
Democrats putting Fast Track over the top.2
According to reports, Murray appeared to be doing this at the behest of
Boeing and other major corporations, for whom passage of both the
Export-Import Bank reauthorization bill and Fast Track were major
legislative priorities.3 Boeing, based in Washington, claims it relies on
the bank to sell their planes overseas. Sen. McConnell broke his promise to
hold a vote on reauthorizing the bank, yet Murray voted yes anyway.
Tell
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Senate Democrats: Sen. Patty Murray's vote for Fast Track for TPP makes her
unfit to serve in any leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus.
Click here to sign the petition.
We need Democrats in leadership positions who will uphold and defend the
values of progressive constituencies, not work to pass legislation at the
top of the Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street's wish list.
We need to show Democratic members of the Senate that selling out their
progressive base in favor of corporate interests will have a cost when they
aspire to attain key leadership positions. Click the link below to sign the
petition:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/tpp_sellout?t=7
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Thank you for speaking out. Your activism matters.
Murshed Zaheed, Deputy Political Director
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Action from Working Assets
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1. Manu Raju and Burgess Everett, "Dick
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9337?t=10&akid=14934.967351.LzT2B5> Durbin
vs. Patty Murray?," Politico, March 30, 2015.
2. Joel Connelly, "Cantwell,
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9338?t=11&akid=14934.967351.LzT2B5> Murray
bargain hard, win promise of Senate vote to save Export-Import Bank,"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 21, 2015; Ezra Klein, "The
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9211?t=12&akid=14934.967351.LzT2B5> Fight
Over the Export-Import Bank Explained", Vox, June 24, 2015
3. Alexander Bolton, "How
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9339?t=13&akid=14934.967351.LzT2B5> the
Senate Got to 60 Votes on Fast Track," The Hill, May 21, 2015.
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