Ten Reform Groups Urge President Obama to Maintain his Public Position and Veto Bill that Repeals Public Funding for Presidential Nominating Conventions

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Ten reform groups today wrote to President Obama strongly urging him to veto H.R. 2019 which repeals public financing for party presidential nominating conventions.

H.R. 2019 passed by voice vote earlier this week in the Senate after passing the House in December 2013.

The groups include Americans for Campaign Reform, Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Demos, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen and U.S PIRG.

The letter stated, “Signing H.R 2019 would contradict and reverse your public position of strongly opposing the repeal of the public financing system for presidential candidates and party nominating conventions.”

The letter said, “Furthermore, the legislation which purports to provide funding for a 10-year pediatric cancer research initiative, in reality does not provide any actual increased funds to conduct pediatric cancer research.”