American Promise: New Jersey Residents Lobby to Get Big Money Out of Politics May 19, 2021, 3:47 pm | in
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Community Members Meet with Republicans and Democrats to Build Support
Cherry Hill, NJ, May 19, 2021: Residents from the New Jersey state chapter of American Promise joined a nationwide virtual lobbying effort seeking to remove the corrosive effects of money in politics. The lobby meetings, almost 100 nationwide, aim to build support in Congress for a constitutional amendment that would allow reasonable limits to be set on political spending. In the last two weeks, American Promise citizen advocates from 9 of New Jersey’s 12 congressional districts met virtually with the offices of both Senator Booker and Senator Menendez as well as Rep Donald Norcross NJ-1, Rep Jeff Van Drew NJ-2, Rep Andy Kim NJ-3, Rep Josh Gottheimer NJ-5, Rep Tom Malinowski NJ-7, Rep Albio Sires NJ-8, Rep Donald Payne, Jr NJ-10, Rep Mikie Sherrill NJ-11, and