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For the People Act of 2021 - Biden/Harris

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H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
 
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
Unconstitutional
 
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
The drawback is once the Federal government takes this type of control of the electoral processes normally left to the many states, it's only as good as the people in power in the Federal government.

Once the other party is in power, they can pass laws they favor to give them advantages in states they can't control the legislators in.

It's a bad idea.
 
This is exactly the kind of legislation needed to let the voice of the people to be heard and as a defense against minority rule. Its unlikely to pass though.
 
The deplorables want those old Jim Crow laws back.

The GOP sees that is the only path they have left to win elections.

The question to Americans is which path do you want to follow?
 
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.

THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!

Man, the GOP may never win another election again! And thats GREAT for Real Americans!!!
 
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
Wait a minute...I thought this bill was the end of democracy as we know it. Imo, this will be the vote that brings about the end of the filibuster.
 
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Passed House (03/03/2021)
For the People Act of 2021


This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
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Democrats’ voting rights bill is a big test
for Biden’s global democracy agenda


Why HR 1, known as the For the People Act,
is intricately linked with Biden’s foreign policy.



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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks alongside Democratic members of the House about HR 1, known as the For the People Act, in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

It’s unclear if HR 1 will pass in its current form, or at all.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will
bring it up for a procedural vote on Tuesday,
where lawmakers will decide if the bill should come up for an approve-or-deny vote in the future.

Most analysts say the
bill won’t clear that hurdle,
potentially killing HR 1

for good in this Congress.
 
Only one thing good could come of it's failure in the senate. Joe Manchin finally realizes bipartisan compromise is not possible. Of course he won't even vote for HR-1.
 
The drawback is once the Federal government takes this type of control of the electoral processes normally left to the many states, it's only as good as the people in power in the Federal government.

Once the other party is in power, they can pass laws they favor to give them advantages in states they can't control the legislators in.

It's a bad idea.
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Unfortunately to save elections, they're going to have to tackle Gerrymandering as well. Republicans have the chance to further redistrict this year and by the midterms they could lose by the same margin as last time and still take the House back.
 
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