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Common Cause Scorecard Charts Lawmaker Support for Pro-Democracy Bills in 117th Congress
As 2022 congressional races ramp up, Common Cause is again tracking the positions of every Member of Congress on issues vital to the health of our democracy. Members of the House and Senate have received letters asking them to co-sponsor and support at least 15 democracy reform bills and informing them that their voting and co-sponsorship record will be published in Common Cause’s “Democracy Scorecard,” which will be distributed to our 1.5 million members, as well as to state and national media, during the lead-up to Election Day.
“Americans deserve to know where their representatives in Washington stand on congressional efforts to protect and strengthen our democracy, and at Common Cause we are keeping track of their votes on these issues,” said Common Cause president Karen Hobert Flynn. “We have seen almost unprecedented threats to our democracy during this Congress, and there have been votes that have put Members on the right side and the wrong side of history. Many of the votes stemmed from the January 6ème insurrection and its aftermath – including the impeachment of then-President Trump, congressional efforts to launch investigations of those responsible for the ransacking of the Capitol, and contempt votes for witnesses who refused to comply with congressional subpoenas related to the investigation.”
“A number of the votes we tracked related to former-President Trump’s “Big Lie” about the 2020 election and efforts to turn back a new generation of Jim Crow laws his lies inspired that make it harder for many Americans to vote – particularly in Black and Brown communities,” said Aaron Scherb, Common Cause’s senior director of legislative affairs. “Despite continued Republican blockades of popular pro-democracy legislation on Capitol Hill, reforms similar to the bills on the Scorecard are being enacted across the country at the state and local level. Members would be wise to take note of this groundswell of public support for reform in the states.”
Les projets de loi inclus dans le Democracy Scorecard reflètent un programme de réformes complet qui, selon les recherches d’opinion publique, bénéficie d’un niveau de soutien constamment élevé dans tout le spectre idéologique.
Le tableau de bord comprend :
Votes
- Impeachment and conviction
- Loi pour le peuple
- État de Washington DC
- Independent commission to investigate January 6th insurrection
- Resolution creating January 6th Select Committee
- Loi John R. Lewis sur la promotion du droit de vote
- Steve Bannon criminal contempt resolution
- Loi sur la protection de notre démocratie
- Mark Meadows criminal contempt resolution
- Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
Bills to cosponsor
- Loi DISCLOSE
- Supreme Court Ethics Act
- Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act
- Amendement sur la démocratie pour tous
If Congress votes to reform congressional stock trading laws, the Electoral Count Act, or other democracy issues, we may include those votes as well.
Le tableau de bord ne « notera » pas les candidats. Il mettra plutôt en lumière les votes et les co-auteurs de lois qui protégeraient nos élections, élèveraient la voix de tous les Américains en politique et au gouvernement, rendraient le vote plus accessible, mettraient fin au découpage partisan des circonscriptions afin que chaque Américain ait une chance équitable d'élire les représentants de son choix, et favoriseraient des normes éthiques élevées pour les fonctionnaires élus et nommés.
Common Cause a déjà publié des « fiches d’évaluation de la démocratie » 2016, 2018, et 2020 based on the votes and cosponsorship of between 15-18 key democracy reform bills.
Pour consulter la lettre aux sénateurs, Cliquez ici.
Pour consulter la lettre aux représentants, Cliquez ici.
