{"id":1301,"date":"2024-09-09T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/?post_type=press&p=1301"},"modified":"2024-09-10T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:06:28","slug":"%e5%85%b1%e9%80%9a%e3%81%ae%e5%8e%9f%e5%9b%a02024%e6%b0%91%e4%b8%bb%e4%b8%bb%e7%be%a9%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b3%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc%e3%83%89%e3%81%ab%e3%81%8a%e3%81%91%e3%82%8b%e3%83%86%e3%82%ad","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/ja\/press\/low-scores-for-texas-on-common-causes-2024-democracy-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30b3\u30e2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30ba\u306e2024\u5e74\u6c11\u4e3b\u4e3b\u7fa9\u30b9\u30b3\u30a2\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u3067\u30c6\u30ad\u30b5\u30b9\u306e\u30b9\u30b3\u30a2\u306f\u4f4e\u3044"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1301","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","press_type":false,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"78\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":235}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"78\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":235}"],"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":"TEXAS \u2014<\/span><\/b> Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its <\/span>2024 Democracy Scorecard<\/span><\/b><\/a>,<\/span><\/b> recording every member of Congress\u2019 support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms.\u00a0\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 has increased more than 100% from 2020, with 58 members in our 2020 Democracy Scorecard to 117 today. 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\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSince 2016, Common Cause has tracked support and co-sponsorship of key democracy reform legislation. This year\u2019s scorecard includes ten legislative items in the U.S. Senate and 13 in the 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\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, <\/span><\/b>Senior Director of Legislative Affairs, Common Cause.<\/span><\/b> \u201c<\/span>Nineteen <\/span><\/b>of <\/span>Texas\u2019s <\/span><\/b>members of Congress earned a zero on this year\u2019s scorecard, showing democracy is not yet experienced equally. With this year\u2019s pivotal election, we must drive these key reforms to the top of the agenda, so everyone can access an accountable government, no matter what state we call home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTexas Members of Congress with perfect or near perfect scores<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n