Posted on 12/10/2021 3:36:34 AM PST by Libloather
The House voted 220-208 on Thursday to pass the Protect Our Democracy Act, which addresses presidential abuses of power and reinforces the checks and balances between the branches of government.
One Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, voted with all the Democrats for the bill.
The bill now faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where 60 votes are required for passage.
The bill, which has support from the White House, aims to strengthen guardrails that were tested by former President Donald Trump, including limitation on presidential pardons, the requirement for candidates for president and vice president to submit their personal tax returns for 10 years, and the acceptance of any foreign or domestic emoluments.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the bill's sponsor, said the legislation, originally introduced in September 2020 and reintroduced this past September, echoes changes that were made following the Nixon presidency.
"Just as after Watergate Congress worked to enact reforms, so we must now examine the cracks in the Democratic foundation and address them," he said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference after the bill passed that it "ensures the strength and survival of a democracy of, by and for the people, defending the rule of law, revitalizing our system of checks and balances and restoring our democratic institutions."
"This legislation ensures that no one, not even a president, no matter who he or she may be, is above the law," Pelosi said.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Put Durham on the case.
Protect WHAT democracy? Never knew we had a democracy.
One more brick set on the wall of Communism.
So if Hillary becomes President she can’t pardon tax cheats and terrorists like her husband? Got it.
Like the book 1984, their naming conventions are the opposite of what they do.
They’re referring to “protect the Demonrat party” from ever losing the majority or the Presidency ever again by totalitarian corrupt means.
“including limitation on presidential pardons” clearly unconstitutional.🙄
They are scared.
When I saw who sponsored it I quit reading .
Pencil neck needs to go.
That is left to the hands of the voters.
How can we “Protect Our Democracy” when we have thousands of illegal aliens bringing their free stuff socialism across our borders EVERYDAY to vote for Socialist Democrats?
Don’t know a thing about the bill but considering Pelousies words I feel safe believing the long march to destroy the Republic proceeds apace.
Our government is not a “Democracy” but you all know this.
Is the bill really “Protect Democrats”?
May as well see what they’re up to
Full text at this Link:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8363/text?r=6&s=1
Summary
Shown Here:
Introduced in House (09/23/2020)
Protecting Our Democracy Act
This bill addresses issues involving (1) abuses of presidential power; (2) checks and balances, accountability, and transparency; and (3) foreign interference in elections.
Specifically, regarding abuses of presidential power, the bill
requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the President to submit to Congress specified materials relating to certain pardons;
prohibits self-pardons by the President;
suspends the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting President or Vice President;
prohibits the acceptance of foreign or domestic emoluments, authorizes civil actions by Congress concerning foreign emoluments, and requires the President to make certain disclosures; and
sets forth provisions regarding enforcement authority of the Office of Government Ethics and Office of Special Counsel jurisdiction.
To address checks and balances, accountability, and transparency, the bill, among other things
authorizes specified actions to enforce congressional subpoenas,
requires appropriations to be made available for obligation in a timely manner,
imposes limits on presidential declarations of emergencies,
requires DOJ to maintain a log of communications between it and the White House regarding certain investigations,
requires cause for removal of inspectors general,
increases whistleblower protections,
reauthorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board, and
establishes penalties for political appointees who engage in prohibited political activities.
To protect against foreign interference in elections, the bill
requires federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts,
requires federal campaigns to establish a foreign contacts compliance policy, and
specifies that foreign donations to political campaigns and candidates of nonpublic information relating to a candidate are prohibited.
And “Related Bills” ...
This reminds me of my 7 year old grandkid changing the rules of Battleship and Scrabble when he’s losing
Each “Related Boll” is linked here for more details but you can go look if you’re so inclined.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8363/related-bills?r=6&s=1
Related Bills: H.R.8363 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities.
Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-congress measures.
Bill Latest Title Relationships to H.R.8363
H.R.1064 To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
(Related bill CRS 02/12/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R.1847 Inspector General Protection Act
(Related bill CRS 07/18/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R.2678 No President is Above the Law Act of 2020 (Related bill CRS 12/31/2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
H.R.3395 Prohibiting Foreign Election Assistance Act of 2019 (Related bill CRS 06/20/2019 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
H.R.6689 Accountability for Acting Officials Act (Related bill CRS 05/01/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
H.R.6984 Inspector General Independence Act
(Related bill CRS 05/22/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
H.R.7694 Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act(Related bill CRS 07/23/2020 Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
H.R.7864 Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2020
(Related bill CRS 07/30/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
H.R.7935 Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act of 2020 (Related bill CRS 08/04/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
H.R.8335 Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2020
(Related bill CRS 09/22/2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2242 Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act (Related bill CRS 07/23/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
S.2413 Trade Certainty Act of 2019
(Related bill CRS 08/01/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.4279 REIGN Act of 2020
(Related bill CRS 07/22/2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S.4880 Protecting Our Democracy Act
(Related bill CRS 10/26/2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
You can’t legislate away the constitution. You wish to modify the constitution you need to pass an amendment…
Theater for the unwashed
They pass it now and if they get another Dem resident they repeal it in a midnight session with a secret vote
Blatantly unconstitutional.
Frankly, most of this list looks like good stuff. You would think the Democrats would think about what giving this to the Republicans in 2022 would mean.. to the Biden administration, Obama and Fauci. No statute of limitations. Whew.. that’s gonna suck for some creeps.
They have been so busy accusing us of their own crimes that they believe it enough to think they won’t have to pay the price when reality comes knocking.
Clean up anything that is truly loathsome and pass it. Hard to imagine how Biden has the balls to sign it.
The United States is not and never has been, a Democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic and that is a significant difference that the Left does not want the citizens to know.
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