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 6^일 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.”

민주주의 점수표에 포함된 법안은 여론 조사에 따르면 이념적 스펙트럼 전반에 걸쳐 지속적으로 높은 수준의 지지를 받고 있는 포괄적인 개혁 의제를 반영합니다.

The Scorecard includes:

Votes

• Impeachment and conviction
• 인민을 위한 법
• DC 주 지위
• Independent commission to investigate January 6th insurrection
• Resolution creating January 6th Select Committee
• 존 R. 루이스 투표권 진흥법
• Steve Bannon criminal contempt resolution
• 민주주의 보호법
• Mark Meadows criminal contempt resolution
• Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

Bills to cosponsor

• DISCLOSE 행위
• Supreme Court Ethics Act
• Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act
• 모든 사람을 위한 민주주의 개정

If Congress votes to reform congressional stock trading laws, the Electoral Count Act, or other democracy issues, we may include those votes as well.

스코어카드는 후보자를 '평가'하지 않습니다. 대신, 선거를 보호하고, 정치와 정부에서 모든 미국인의 목소리를 높이고, 투표를 더 쉽게 만들고, 당파적 선거구 조작을 종식시켜 모든 미국인이 자신이 선택한 대표자를 선출할 수 있는 공정한 기회를 제공하고, 선출 및 임명된 공무원에게 높은 윤리 기준을 장려하는 법안의 투표와 공동 발의자를 주목하게 됩니다.

Common Cause는 이전에 "민주주의 점수표"를 발행했습니다. 2016, 2018, 그리고 2020 based on the votes and cosponsorship of between 15-18 key democracy reform bills.

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