House Passes Anti-Corruption, Pro-Voter Rights 'For the People' Act
The Democratically-controlled House of Representatives passed a sweeping reform bill to address money’s corruption of politics and the erosion of voting rights on Friday.
“It’s a power grab for the American people,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) told the New York Times.
Among the reforms proposed in the bill are:
Making Election Day a federal holiday
Automatically registering citizens to vote
Allowing former felons who served their sentence to vote
Creating a six-to-one donation matching system up to $200 for congressional and presidential candidates who refuse big-dollar donations
Requiring presidential and vice-presidential candidates to disclose 10 years of tax returns
In addition, super PACs and non-profits involved in elections would be required to disclose donors who give more than $10,000, an attempt to bring transparency to a currently opaque system. One amendment also would prohibit spending of federal funds at businesses owned by the president, vice president, or members of the cabinet—a concern that has come up in relation to President Donald Trump and his many properties.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/house-passses-for-the-people-act-806226/
Mitch McConnell's been shitting himself over this so unfortunately it won't be going anywhere in the Senate.
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