Change Congress

Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig is launching a new project after pulling out of a possible run for Congress in his California district.

He has outlined a "pledge" for congressional members that includes cleaning-up campaign funding and putting an end to earmarks, and he intends to leverage Web 2.0 to make sure they stick to it.

Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.

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