Pressemitteilung
Common Cause Scorecard Charts Lawmaker Support for Pro-Democracy Bills in 117th Congress
As 2022 congressional races ramp up, Common Cause is again tracking the positions of every Member of Congress on issues vital to the health of our democracy. Members of the House and Senate have received letters asking them to co-sponsor and support at least 15 democracy reform bills and informing them that their voting and co-sponsorship record will be published in Common Cause’s “Democracy Scorecard,” which will be distributed to our 1.5 million members, as well as to state and national media, during the lead-up to Election Day.
“Americans deserve to know where their representatives in Washington stand on congressional efforts to protect and strengthen our democracy, and at Common Cause we are keeping track of their votes on these issues,” said Common Cause president Karen Hobert Flynn. “We have seen almost unprecedented threats to our democracy during this Congress, and there have been votes that have put Members on the right side and the wrong side of history. Many of the votes stemmed from the January 6th insurrection and its aftermath – including the impeachment of then-President Trump, congressional efforts to launch investigations of those responsible for the ransacking of the Capitol, and contempt votes for witnesses who refused to comply with congressional subpoenas related to the investigation.”
“A number of the votes we tracked related to former-President Trump’s “Big Lie” about the 2020 election and efforts to turn back a new generation of Jim Crow laws his lies inspired that make it harder for many Americans to vote – particularly in Black and Brown communities,” said Aaron Scherb, Common Cause’s senior director of legislative affairs. “Despite continued Republican blockades of popular pro-democracy legislation on Capitol Hill, reforms similar to the bills on the Scorecard are being enacted across the country at the state and local level. Members would be wise to take note of this groundswell of public support for reform in the states.”
Die in der Democracy Scorecard enthaltenen Gesetzesentwürfe spiegeln ein umfassendes Reformprogramm wider, das laut Meinungsumfragen über das gesamte ideologische Spektrum hinweg durchweg hohe Zustimmung findet.
The Scorecard includes:
Votes
- Impeachment and conviction
- Für das Volk-Gesetz
- Staatlichkeit von DC
- Independent commission to investigate January 6th insurrection
- Resolution creating January 6th Select Committee
- John R. Lewis Gesetz zur Förderung des Wahlrechts
- Steve Bannon criminal contempt resolution
- Gesetz zum Schutz unserer Demokratie
- Mark Meadows criminal contempt resolution
- Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
Bills to cosponsor
- DISCLOSE-Gesetz
- Supreme Court Ethics Act
- Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act
- Änderungsantrag „Demokratie für alle“
If Congress votes to reform congressional stock trading laws, the Electoral Count Act, or other democracy issues, we may include those votes as well.
Die Scorecard wird die Kandidaten nicht „bewerten“. Stattdessen wird sie die Stimmen und Mitunterzeichner von Gesetzen ins Rampenlicht rücken, die unsere Wahlen schützen, die Stimme aller Amerikaner in Politik und Regierung erheben, das Wählen leichter zugänglich machen, parteiische Wahlkreismanipulation beenden, damit jeder Amerikaner eine faire Chance hat, Vertreter seiner Wahl zu wählen, und hohe ethische Standards für gewählte und ernannte Amtsträger fördern.
Common Cause hat bereits „Democracy Scorecards“ herausgegeben in 2016, 2018, Und 2020 based on the votes and cosponsorship of between 15-18 key democracy reform bills.
Um den Brief an die Senatoren anzuzeigen, klicken Sie hier.
Um den Brief an die Abgeordneten anzuzeigen, klicken Sie hier.