Editorials
Nov 17, 2020
Editorials
Unfortunately, this election — like many events in 2020 — has exposed existing cracks in our fragile democratic experiment, and Congress must work with the incoming administration to strengthen our democratic institutions.
Nov 1, 2020
Editorials
To help ensure that voting is easier for everybody, the federal government needs to take action. Currently, there are two comprehensive voting-rights bills in Congress, the Voting Rights Amendment Act and H.R. 1, also known as the For the People Act.... The House of Representatives passed both of these bills in 2019, with all Democrats voting in favor both times.... The Republican-led Senate has refused to act on either. Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, mocked H.R. 1 by referring to it as the “Democrat Politician Protection Act.” Listen to him closely. He is only repeating what most Republicans have believed for decades: When more people vote, Republicans lose. That’s why, if either of these laws is going to pass, it will require, at a minimum, voting out Republicans at every level who insist on suppressing the vote. Only then can those who believe in representative democracy for all Americans reset the rules and help ensure that everyone’s vote counts.
Aug 17, 2020
Editorials
The COVID-19 outbreak and the country’s long overdue reckoning with institutional racism have dramatically laid bare deep-rooted inequities in our society — inequities driven by our broken democracy. It’s time to find solutions, and we believe many of them lie in ending the twin evils of voter suppression and money in politics.
Nov 15, 2019
Editorials
Believe it or not, the SHIELD Act is the third major bill that House Democrats have passed to protect our voting systems from foreign interference. When the 116th Congress began, our first order of business was passing H.R. 1, the For The People Act, to get big money out of politics and strengthen campaign finance oversight. Shortly after that, we passed H.R. 2722, the Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, to improve ballot box security and modernize our election infrastructure to prevent hacking.
May 10, 2019
Editorials
And of this new majority, dozens of candidates – from districts across the country – recognized that in order to change Washington, they’d have to change how we elect the people who serve there. These candidates built campaigns powered by people, not corporations.
It worked, and they won. And now House Democrats – including the most diverse class of freshmen in history – have taken concrete actions to bolster working women and men. Our first major legislative vote: The For the People Act, a sweeping campaign finance package that would drastically curb the influence of big money in politics.
Apr 16, 2019
Editorials
On day one of the 116th Congress, House Democrats introduced H.R. 1, the For the People Act. This sweeping legislation ends years of undemocratic policies and addresses a range of issues, from voter suppression to gerrymandering. It strengthens our campaign finance system to take dark money out of politics and returns control of our government to the American people. This landmark legislation, which I was proud to help pass, set the standard for how Democrats will use our time in the majority. Our priority is to empower ordinary Americans.
Apr 15, 2019
Editorials
In an era of divided government and dysfunction, the House has managed to pass meaningful legislation that solve problems on which I campaigned. One of the bills of which I am most proud is H.R. 1, the For the People Act — once in a lifetime reform legislation that combats the culture of corruption in D.C. and ensures Washington serves the people. H.R. 1 promotes clean and fair elections, ends partisan gerrymandering, reins-in the influence of special interests, and takes dark money out of our political system. We also passed the bipartisan Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure equal pay for equal work.
Apr 2, 2019
Editorials
H.R. 1 is a transformative set of reforms that will shine a light on dark money and return political power to the public. Fittingly, we’ve named it the “For the People” Act.
Apr 1, 2019
Editorials
H.R. 1 enacts much-needed campaign finance reform while making it easier for folks to vote and have a say in our democracy. It expands access to the ballot box by creating automatic voter registration across the country, expanding early voting, and eliminating institutional barriers.
Apr 1, 2019
Editorials
And when voters entrusted us with the House majority, one of the first steps we took was introducing and passing H.R. 1 — known as the For the People Act — to confront Washington’s culture of corruption. This comprehensive reform legislation does three important things:1. Ends the reign of big money in our politics; 2. Demands accountability and ethics from public officials; 3. Expands access to the ballot box for all Americans.