{"id":8154,"date":"2020-09-16T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/new-report-republican-controlled-senate-renders-116th-congress-as-least-productive-in-history\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:00:20","slug":"new-report-republican-controlled-senate-renders-116th-congress-as-least-productive-in-history","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/press\/new-report-republican-controlled-senate-renders-116th-congress-as-least-productive-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e1o c\u00e1o m\u1edbi: Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng vi\u1ec7n do \u0110\u1ea3ng C\u1ed9ng h\u00f2a ki\u1ec3m so\u00e1t khi\u1ebfn Qu\u1ed1c h\u1ed9i kh\u00f3a 116 tr\u1edf n\u00ean k\u00e9m hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3 nh\u1ea5t trong l\u1ecbch s\u1eed"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8154","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The 2020 Democracy Scorecard charts the position of every Member of Congress on issues vital to the health of our democracy and shows the Senate is a \"legislative graveyard\" for democracy reform","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[149,165,169,2066,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"V\u1edbi vi\u1ec7c b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu qua th\u01b0 \u0111ang di\u1ec5n ra v\u00e0 b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu tr\u1ef1c ti\u1ebfp s\u1edbm s\u1eafp di\u1ec5n ra \u1edf nhi\u1ec1u ti\u1ec3u bang, Common Cause h\u00f4m nay \u0111\u00e3 c\u00f4ng b\u1ed1 B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020 <\/em>to help voters evaluate the records of their members of Congress.\r\n\r\nThe B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020<\/a> <\/em>cung c\u1ea5p d\u1eef li\u1ec7u v\u1ec1 m\u1ecdi th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean hi\u1ec7n t\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a H\u1ea1 vi\u1ec7n v\u00e0 Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng vi\u1ec7n d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean s\u1ed1 phi\u1ebfu b\u1ea7u c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u00e0 s\u1ef1 \u0111\u1ed3ng t\u00e0i tr\u1ee3 cho c\u00e1c d\u1ef1 lu\u1eadt c\u1ea3i c\u00e1ch d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 quan tr\u1ecdng, ch\u1eb3ng h\u1ea1n nh\u01b0 d\u1ef1 lu\u1eadt l\u1ecbch s\u1eed \u0110\u1ea1o lu\u1eadt v\u00ec nh\u00e2n d\u00e2n (HR 1)<\/a>. If enacted, the reforms would limit the influence of big money in our elections, end gerrymandering, and make it easier and safer to vote.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat the B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020 <\/em>cho th\u1ea5y r\u00f5 s\u1ef1 coi th\u01b0\u1eddng tr\u1eafng tr\u1ee3n \u0111\u1ed1i v\u1edbi c\u00e1c c\u1ea3i c\u00e1ch d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 t\u1ea1i Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng vi\u1ec7n,\u201d \u00f4ng n\u00f3i Aaron Scherb, gi\u00e1m \u0111\u1ed1c c\u00e1c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 l\u1eadp ph\u00e1p c\u1ee7a Common Cause<\/strong>. \u201cThe House of Representatives passed nearly 10 democracy reform bills, often with bipartisan support, this session, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked debate and mark-ups on all of these bills and refused to allow a vote.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cIn fact, the Senate\u2019s inaction has the 116th Congress on track to be the least productive in history, with just one percent of the bills becoming law,\u201d said Scherb, author of the B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020<\/em>.\r\n\r\nTo ensure all Members of Congress got a fair evaluation in the B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020<\/em>, Common Cause sent each congressional office four letters listing the bills included in this year\u2019s Scorecard to make sure every member of Congress knew which bills he or she was being evaluated on. Since these letters were sent, a combined total of more than 150 cosponsors have been added to these collective bills so voters can know what their Members of Congress are doing to protect our democracy.\r\n\r\nAccording to the B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020<\/em>, h\u01a1n 50 th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean H\u1ea1 vi\u1ec7n \u1ee7ng h\u1ed9 c\u00e1c c\u1ea3i c\u00e1ch d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 quan tr\u1ecdng 100 ph\u1ea7n tr\u0103m th\u1eddi gian, v\u00e0 16 Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng ngh\u1ecb s\u0129 gi\u00e0nh \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u00edt nh\u1ea5t 90 ph\u1ea7n tr\u0103m, \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng c\u1ea3i thi\u1ec7n \u0111\u00e1ng k\u1ec3 so v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7<\/em>.\r\n\r\nSenator Mitt Romney (R-UT) was the highest scoring Republican on the B\u1ea3ng \u0111i\u1ec3m d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 n\u0103m 2020 <\/em>v\u1edbi hai phi\u1ebfu b\u1ea7u li\u00ean quan \u0111\u1ebfn vi\u1ec7c lu\u1eadn t\u1ed9i T\u1ed5ng th\u1ed1ng Trump. C\u00e1c ti\u1ec3u bang c\u00f3 \u0111o\u00e0n \u0111\u1ea1i bi\u1ec3u d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 m\u1ea1nh m\u1ebd bao g\u1ed3m:\r\n