Not only is McConnell refusing to bring the bill up for a vote in the Senate, he is reportedly waging an all-out campaign to intimidate any Republican senators out of backing it in public. Why are you ashamed of it? Why do you run away from it," asked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor, taunting his Republican opponent. "Leader McConnell, we’re proud we want more people to vote. It’s a power grab for the American people.” Zoe Lofgren, D,-Calif, in a Friday morning press conference, without mentioning the majority leader's name. “One senator said this is a power grab," said Rep. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been aggressively demonizing this bill, characterizing it as a "radical, half-baked socialist proposal" - which is peculiar, since it doesn't address economic issues at all - and " a political power grab". The reason is simple: Conservatives know they're not likely to win a fair fight, and so they want a system that makes it easy for them to cheat. And when it comes to the power of lobbyists, well, they come last in polls where Americans ranks professions by ethical standards.īut while the public very much likes the provisions in this bill, Republican politicians and conservative activists very much don't. Campaign finance reform is also wildly popular, with healthy majorities supporting it. Provisions to make voting easier enjoy similarly high levels of support.
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Its provisions to make voter registration essentially automatic - you can opt out, but you won't have to opt in - are supported by 65 percent of Americans. This bill's aims are broadly popular with Americans.
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HR1, also called the "For the People Act," has a series of provisions aimed at protecting the right to vote, muting the impact of big money spending on politics and strengthening ethics requirements for political candidates. On Friday, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed a hefty, but badly needed, omnibus bill aimed at restoring American democracy after the beating it's taken lately from big money and authoritarian interests.
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