{"id":1276,"date":"2024-09-08T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/?post_type=article&p=1276"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:02:24","slug":"high-scores-for-illinois-on-common-causes-2024-democracy-scorecard","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/high-scores-for-illinois-on-common-causes-2024-democracy-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"High Scores for Illinois on Common Cause\u2019s 2024 Democracy Scorecard"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1276","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 \u201cDemocracy Scorecard,\" recording every member of Congress\u2019 support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms. ","featured_image":22658,"article_type":70,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"48\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":155}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":16},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"48\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":155}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 \u201c<\/span>Democracy Scorecard<\/span><\/a>,\" recording every member of Congress\u2019 support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cOur 2024 Democracy Scorecard shows a surge of support in Congress for reforms that strengthen the right to vote, take back the Supreme Court, and break big money\u2019s grip on our politics,\u201d said <\/span>Virginia Kase Solom\u00f3n, President & CEO of Common Cause<\/span><\/b>. \u201cThe number of Members of Congress with perfect scores increased more than 100% from 2020, with 58 members in our 2020 Scorecard to 117 in this year\u2019s Scorecard. As we see the wealthy and well-connected try and influence our politics and our very livelihoods, we must demand our leaders deliver on the people\u2019s pro-democracy agenda.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSince 2016, Common Cause has tracked support and co-sponsorship of democracy related legislation. This year\u2019s scorecard includes ten legislative items in the U.S. Senate and 13 in U.S. House, including the <\/span>Freedom to Vote Act<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act<\/span><\/a>, and more.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThe 2024 Democracy Scorecard empowers voters with information to hold their leaders in Washington accountable,\u201d said <\/span>Elizabeth Grossman, Executive Director of Common Cause Illinois<\/span><\/b>. \u201cWe know that a transparent democracy that includes and works for everyone is something we must forge and protect through legislation. <\/span>Nine<\/span> of <\/span>Illinois\u2019<\/span> members of Congress earned a perfect score for their support for pro-democracy legislation. With must continue to push these key reforms to the top of the agenda, so everyone is afforded an accountable government, no matter what state we call home.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIllinois Members of Congress with perfect or near perfect scores:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n