{"id":189140,"date":"2021-03-04T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189140"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:11:22","slug":"can-house-dems-sweeping-election-reform-survive-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-house-dems-sweeping-election-reform-survive-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Can House Dems\u2019 Sweeping Election Reform Survive the Senate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcan-house-dems-sweeping-election-reform-survive-the-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189140&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a class=\"republishingLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/republishing-guidelines\/\">Please respect our republishing guidelines &#8211; Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feature-img test\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stop-buying-our-election-sign-at-petition-booth.jpg\" alt=\"Can House Dems' Sweeping Election Reform Survive the Senate?\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The highly divisive For The People Act, known as HR. 1, has passed the House of Representatives in a strictly party-line vote, 220-210. The bill claims to ensure voting rights and reform campaign financing, but opponents suggest that the true purpose is to keep Democrats in power and rewrite federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/can-new-gop-ballot-measures-bring-trump-voters-home\/\">election law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-561565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Pelosi-2.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Pelosi\" width=\"450\" height=\"288\" \/>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) insists that the passage of the bill will tackle voter suppression, as well as \u201ccombat big, dark, special-interest money in politics and amplify the voice of the American people.\u201d Among the sweeping reforms on the table are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 6:1 public match for small-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-and-his-bill-gates-connection\/\">donations<\/a> funded through a surcharge on penalties paid to the federal government.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibit purges of voter rolls.<\/li>\n<li>Require presidential nominees to release ten years of tax returns.<\/li>\n<li>Require states to establish independent commissions for congressional redistricting.<\/li>\n<li>Expanded mail-in, early, and absentee voting.<\/li>\n<li>Automatic, online, and same-day voter registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe right to vote is under attack,\u201d argued Rep. Terri A. Sewell (D-AL). \u201cVoter suppression is alive and well. Old battles have become new again. The legacy of the foot soldiers like John Lewis requires that we pick up that baton \u2014 the baton of voter access, the baton of voter equality \u2014 and we continue the next leg. Their cause is now our cause, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Follow the Money?<\/h3>\n<p>During the debate, House Rules Committee Ranking Member Tom Cole (R-OK) stated that \u201cThis is a bill that\u2019s about preserving the present Democratic majority. It is a bill by the majority, for the majority, and is intended to entrench the majority in power for years to come.\u201d Which is a sentiment echoed by fellow Republican Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), who accused Democrats of pushing the bill to feather their campaign coffers. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 number one priority is a bill that funds their own campaigns. HR. 1 would launder corporate dollars through the Treasury and use those dollars to publicly fund congressional campaigns. Based on the 2020 fundraising numbers, that creates access to more than $7 million in public funds to bolster my colleagues\u2019 campaign coffers by providing a 6-to-1 funding match to small donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know when I speak with my constituents back home, establishing a program that helps me acquire more money for my campaign is not what they think the federal government should be working on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-69266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stop-buying-our-election-sign-at-petition-booth.jpg\" alt width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) asserts that \u201cIt is an unparalleled political grab.\u201d He argued during the debate that \u201cIt is not designed to protect Americans\u2019 vote \u2014 it is designed to put a thumb on the scale in every election in America, so that Democrats can turn a temporary majority into permanent control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But will the Senate become known as the place where the Democrat agenda goes to die?<\/p>\n<h3>For The People Or Party?<\/h3>\n<p>HR. 1 is a reformulation of a bill brought before Congress two years ago when Democrats regained control of the House. Back then, it was dead in the water as the GOP retained a majority in the Senate and had President Trump as the final blocker. Now that Dems have the trifecta in D.C., they are more confident of passing the legislation. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has said that she plans to bring in companion legislation later this year through the Senate Rules Committee to enable the bill to reach the floor.<\/p>\n<p>With Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell already openly stating that he and his colleagues will fight the legislation, what chance does the bill really have? It is almost a certainty that the GOP will <a href=\"https:\/\/lngenz.com\/what-is-the-filibuster-and-why-is-it-used\/\">filibuster<\/a>. The odds of this bill getting the necessary 60 votes are not likely, meaning one of two things could happen. Either Democrats will move to get rid of the filibuster, or depending on the results of the 2022 midterms, the For the People legislation will rear its head further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/author\/mark-angelides\/\"><em>Mark Angelides<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please respect our republishing guidelines &#8211; Click Here The highly divisive For The People Act, known as HR. 1, has passed the House of Representatives in a strictly party-line vote, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274718,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stop-buying-our-election-sign-at-petition-booth.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Can House Dems\u2019 Sweeping Election Reform Survive the Senate?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stop-buying-our-election-sign-at-petition-booth.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Can House Dems\u2019 Sweeping Election Reform Survive the Senate?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}