{"id":23043,"date":"2024-09-19T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&p=23043"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:44:17","slug":"%d0%b2%d1%8b%d1%81%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%bb%d1%8b-%d0%b4%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%89%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%bf%d1%80","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press\/high-scores-for-vermont-on-common-causes-2024-democracy-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0412\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u043b\u044b \u0412\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0432 \u0440\u0435\u0439\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0432 Common Cause \u0437\u0430 2024 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-23043","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"VERMONT \u2014 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.\u00a0\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":"","related_issues":[143,2066,2082,103,137,167],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":true,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"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":"Members of Congress with perfect scores increases more than 15% from 2022<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nVERMONT \u2014<\/span><\/b> 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 to 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 <\/span>R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>the 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 for a government that works for all,\u201d said <\/span>Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs at Common Cause<\/span><\/b>. \u201cAll three of Vermont\u2019s members of Congress earned a perfect score for their support for pro-democracy legislation. With this year\u2019s pivotal election, we must drive 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\nVermont is one of two states (along with Rhode Island) in which its entire congressional delegation had a perfect score. Additionally, Vermont is one of eight states with both U.S. Senators earning perfect scores. The other states include California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Rhode Island.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nVermont members of Congress with perfect scores:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n