Hold Chevron Accountable

Sign the Petition to Tell Chevron to Stop Meddling in Our Elections

At the peak of the 2012 elections, Chevron dumped $2.5 million into a super PAC devoted solely to running negative ads against Democrats seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Chevron's super PAC spending, enabled by the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United ruling, will further entrench politicians who deny the existence of climate change and refuse to cut corporate welfare. Such political positions create the conditions for Chevron’s record profits, even as they destroy the conditions for life on Earth.

Chevron must be held accountable.

Demand that Chevron keep its corporate profits out of the people’s politics.

Sign the Petition to Chevron:

 

We, the undersigned, call on Chevron Corporation to refrain from using its vast wealth to distort our democracy.

Chevron’s political spending is a clear attempt at distorting the legislative process so Chevron and other corporate polluters can recklessly pursue profit, regardless of the consequences to people and the planet.

Our government’s policies should be influenced primarily by human needs, not corporate greed. Chevron’s corporate money seeks only to corrupt, and therefore has no place within, our political discourse.

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Public Citizen has filed a complaint calling on the Federal Election Commission to hold Chevron accountable for making, and Congressional Leadership Fund from receiving, an apparently illegal contribution. Read Public Citizen’s FEC complaint and related report on super PAC spending.

Chevron’s $2.5 million donation appears to be illegal, despite the Supreme Court’s abominable Citizens United ruling, because Chevron is a federal contractor. Chevron has received government contracts worth hundreds of millions since 2000. Laws to prevent corruption in the federal contracting process prohibit contractors like Chevron from directly or indirectly supporting candidates for elected office.

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Number Date Name Add a Comment
26194 Sun May 26 04:55:42 EDT 2013 David Phelps invest in green
26193 Sun May 26 04:50:36 EDT 2013 Jonathan Peter
26192 Sun May 26 04:45:35 EDT 2013 Lucy Spivey
26191 Sun May 26 04:41:29 EDT 2013 Hudlene k Harney
26190 Sun May 26 04:30:09 EDT 2013 Nancy Paul
26189 Sun May 26 04:28:32 EDT 2013 Mariana Espinoza
26188 Sun May 26 04:04:40 EDT 2013 Margo W Krystian PhD Illegal campaign contributions have no place in a transparent Democracy!
26187 Sun May 26 03:57:32 EDT 2013 Anonymous Corporate rule must end
26186 Sun May 26 03:48:26 EDT 2013 Kris Head
26185 Sun May 26 03:32:08 EDT 2013 A.J. Averett Up to now, I've almost exclusively used Chevron gasoline. That just ended.
26184 Sun May 26 03:31:44 EDT 2013 Philip Chanen
26183 Sun May 26 03:30:16 EDT 2013 Charles Looney
26182 Sun May 26 03:18:39 EDT 2013 Lis Savic
26181 Sun May 26 03:04:04 EDT 2013 Enrico Hanks
26180 Sun May 26 03:03:50 EDT 2013 Marcia Taylor
26179 Sun May 26 03:02:27 EDT 2013 Stephanie McCarren
26178 Sun May 26 02:57:37 EDT 2013 Caroline Allen
26177 Sun May 26 02:57:02 EDT 2013 Gayle Spencer
26176 Sun May 26 02:52:19 EDT 2013 Mark Bales Business and politics shouldn't mix.
26175 Sun May 26 02:38:03 EDT 2013 Michael Luderitz
26174 Sun May 26 02:38:00 EDT 2013 Michelle Pavcovich
26173 Sun May 26 02:31:33 EDT 2013 Anna Morrison
26172 Sun May 26 02:26:18 EDT 2013 Susan Hopper
26171 Sun May 26 02:25:43 EDT 2013 Ruwan Salgado
26170 Sun May 26 02:20:25 EDT 2013 Thomas Hutton
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