The following bills are a priority because they are moving through the legislative process and need to be supported or opposed immediately. How it works: 1. Click on the bill number below. 2. Enter your information to retrieve your senator’s contact info. 3. Follow the action steps. 4. Log your action. This step helps MCE when communicating with…
Read MoreCorporate Influence
CURRENT STORIES [metaslider id=1857] LOCAL EVENTS We the People 2.0 website “We the People 2.0 confronts its viewers with the ravages of mine tailings and leaky containment ponds, of sludge and ooze and grue, all of which, the film documents, are killing people, particularly in the cancer-blighted small towns…
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Reclaiming Democracy
[metaslider id=1801] View our Corporate Personhood Timeline Page for a history of Corporate legislation. Corporate influence in our government impacts our ability to protect and restore the environment. The Democracy in Action program develops a strategy to engage and organize a coalition of citizens and organizations to promote an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Recent surveys and polls have indicated…
Read MoreEnergy & Utility Rates
Since 2004, Ameren Missouri has given 4,624 gifts to legislators and their staff totaling nearly $300,000. The money Ameren spends in Jefferson City is meant to get bills filed that erode consumer protections or hurt our environment. Help MCE balance out the money being spent by monopoly utilities throughout the last election and during the current legislative…
Read MoreMo Leg Update 2016
MCE worked with the Missouri Parks Association and Audubon Missouri to stop many bad bills and to support a few good ones that were proposed this year in Jefferson City. MCE often traveled to Missouri’s capitol to testify on various bills, and we coordinated a citizen lobby day for people to meet their legislators. Our…
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