Posted on 02/23/2021 12:04:53 PM PST by lowbridge
All House Democrats signed onto a sweeping election reform bill Monday that they claim will expand voting rights and "clean up corruption" in politics -- as Republicans rip it as a "federal government takeover" and accuse Democrats of trying to change election rules to benefit themselves.
Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., announced Monday that all House Democrats co-sponsored the legislation — H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021.
"House Democrats are united in our steadfast commitment to advance transformational anti-corruption and clean election reforms by swiftly passing H.R. 1," Sarbanes said in a statement Monday.
"Our historic reform effort will end decades of dysfunction in Washington, return power to the people and build a more just, equitable and prosperous country for all Americans," he said.
The bill is expected to be considered on the House floor during the first week of March. Republicans have railed against the bill during previous attempts to bring the legislation to a vote, arguing it would give the federal government more power in deciding the people’s representation.
According to Democrats, the bill would "improve access to the ballot box," by creating an automatic voter registration across the country, and by ensuring that individuals who have completed felony sentences have their full voting rights restored. The bill will also expand early voting and enhance absentee voting by simplifying voting by mail.
The bill also commits Congress to deliver "full congressional voting rights and self-government for the residents of the District of Columbia, which only statehood can provide," prohibits voter roll purges and "ends partisan gerrymandering to prevent politicians from picking their voters."
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If there’s a law to allow election cheating Democrats are all on it.
There must be a revolution and progressive cessation. Progressivism must become a gave situation
But wait until 2022, we'll vote them out of office.../s
The Rats are trying to institute federal control over the elections and institute all the tools to undo election integrity in one shot.
This is their top priority. They will lie right to the public claiming the opposite.
Very dangerous times.
Unconstitutional but nobody cares.
80 to 90 percent of that bill has NOTHING to do with Covid!!!
One voting right they continually miss, is if you cheat,
you erode the non-cheater's votes. They have an expected
right for those votes to fully count.
“Death by a thousand cuts.
Amendment it to hell.”
That’s in old America. In DC now, Pelosi and Schumer will simply disallow any amendments with an order from the chair. The courts won’t lift a finger and will say Congress makes it’s own rules.
See also snap impeachment votes with no hearings, see also all spending bills must originate in the House (except Obamacare)
They will just do as they please. There will be no amendments.
Every one of these bastards are traitors. Why are we even bothering pretending they aren’t?
Just remember that the title or name of a bill usually states the opposite of what the bill really does.
“Message to republicans: No mail in voting or we don’t vote. They better get in this fight.”
And do what? All they can do is vote against it and they are guaranteed to come up short. They sold their souls to help Trump get deposed, and now they have no power to do a thing.
Thanks GOP.
Sarbanes shows his true colors of a socialist. Hope Maryland keeps this clown off the streets.
LOL!! “H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021”
This is more accurately called...
“H.R. 1, the Fascist Act of 2021”
This is nothing but Fed meddling/overreach into the states sovereignty, and its legislatures constitutional authority in how and in what manner it will conduct elections and appoint electors.
This bill flies in the face of Federalism. The general government has NO authority or say in how states manage their election/access or processes, let alone the constitution gives the general government no authority to impose Federal regulatory election laws upon the states. The Dems are WAY out of line with this usurpation bill. It’s unconstitutional on its face and intent... and any state can give a fat middle finger to it.
As for DC statehood... also unconstitutional & disingenuous BS meant to create a city-state out of the DC outlying district when the same argument to have representation can be achieved by ceding the land and its residences/businesses back to their respective states.
By using retro-cession of the (residence/business area of DC). Congress has NO authority to transform by vote, ANY part of the existing DC into a state... ZERO! The ONLY authority congress has is to vote to cede it back to Maryland if they want representation and those ‘disenfranchised’ will have it presto-change-o with Maryland! Lopping a part of DC off and claiming statehood is complete NONSENSE and its only interest for doing so is political and for power! Typical Dem ploy. They can’t win on argument and ideas at the ballot box, so they rig/game the system to take/steal power.
Both these juvenile and ludicrous jokes of meddling by the Democrats will end up before SCOTUS.
Simple majority - it is not a Constitutional amendment. And it wouldn’t surprise me if they would use reconciliation to get around the filibuster (60 vote) rule.
Another prediction of Rush’s comes true - Democrats are now proceeding to essentially do away with elections, other than just going through the motions.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John Adams
We are so screwed by the amoral democrats...
NO mail-ins (except the traditional absentee ballots with safeguards)
NO voting machines
Universal voter ID!
Everything else is corruption!!!!
And repeal the 23rd amendment! Give DC LESS power than it now has!!!!
Arnold Schwarzenegger went along with the democrats when he was governor and the democrats now control everything.
A one party state and we are the worse off for it.
Gotta have those dead folks voting Democrat!
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