Green Party Files With FEC to Form Senatorial Campaign CommitteeGreen Party of the United States September 20, 2006 Contacts: Green Party files to form Senatorial Campaign Committee. Filing sets a historic precedent: no alternative political party has ever formed such a committee; the FEC has never received such a request WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party became the first alternative political party in history to register a national senatorial campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission last week. The filing sets further precedent because the Democratic and Republican Senate campaign committees were grandfathered in when the FEC was formed. The FEC has never dealt with a request to form such a committee. "We are taking this step because Americans need a viable alternative to the two old parties, and the Green Party is serious about offering that alternative," said Teresa Keane, a former Green Senate candidate from Oregon and Chair of the eight-member Green Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Voters are upset with both the Republican and Democratic parties this year, and are looking for candidates who take principled positions on issues that are important to them." A senatorial campaign committee allows the party to receive and disburse larger contributions, but these contributions are still fully regulated, of public record, and are not soft money, which the national Green Party has never used, even when it was legal. Dean Myerson, Treasurer of the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee, submitted registration papers on the committee's behalf to the Secretary of the Senate and the Federal Election Commission earlier this week. "The Green Party is serious about supporting its candidates for Senate. Creating this committee is a good way to do that," said Dean Myerson, who noted that the committee is finalizing its advisory request now and is collecting affidavits of support from the various Green candidates for Senate. The Green Party has nominated 14 senate candidates for 2006, almost half of the Senate seats up for election this year. The key issue for many is the Iraq War; Green candidates are calling for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. "The war on Iraq is a crime of historic proportions. With each new day we see more evidence of the greed and corruption that led to the decision to engage in this barbaric war for oil and geo-strategic control. America needs Senators who will stand firm against an administration bent on using lies and fear to lead the nation into such a devastating direction," said David Sole, Green candidate for Senator of Michigan <http://www.stopthewarslate.org/davidsole.html>. The Green Party plans to follow up on the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee with the establishment of a Green Congressional Campaign Committee. 2006 Green nominees for U.S. Senate
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