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March 3, 2021 | H.R.1

The path created by the Supreme Court in Citizens United has opened the spending floodgates that allow corporations and the wealthiest to control campaigns and our political process. The For the People Act (H.R. 1) ensures that our elected representatives in Congress are focused on listening to voters instead of high dollar campaign funders.

For many, exercising the fundamental right to vote has become increasingly difficult with the many barriers to access created through new and old voter suppression tactics. For example, in the middle of a global pandemic, many voters were forced to wait in extremely long lines and put their health at risk in order to cast their vote. In one of the leading democracies of the world, that is an unacceptable reality. The For the People Act will help to ensure that more U.S. citizens can register to vote and have access to a variety of paths to the ballot box. This bill will put a halt to and roll back many of the insidious efforts to throw up barriers to voter registration and ballot access.

These reforms along with those tackling ethics in government and gerrymandering are all ones that our members have been advocating on behalf of for many years now.  At a time when Americans believe the country is on the wrong track and have little faith in Congress, workers want their leaders to stand for reform and accountability. 

This is Good for working people.

Vote result:
Passed

YEAs: 220 | NAYs: 210
Legislator State District Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Peter Welch VT Democrat Yes
Sen. Markwayne Mullin OK Republican No
Sen. Ted Budd NC Republican No
Rep. Don Young AK 0 Republican No
Rep. Dusty Johnson SD 0 Republican No
Rep. Kelly Armstrong ND 0 Republican No
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester DE 0 Democrat Yes
Rep. Liz Cheney WY 0 Republican No
Rep. Debra Haaland NM 1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jim Hagedorn MN 1 Republican No
Rep. Andy Harris MD 1 Republican No
Rep. Diana Harshbarger TN 1 Republican No
Rep. Kevin Hern OK 1 Republican No
Rep. Robert J. Wittman VA 1 Republican No
Rep. Lee Zeldin NY 1 Republican No
Rep. Trent Kelly MS 1 Republican No
Rep. Doug LaMalfa CA 1 Republican No
Rep. John B. Larson CT 1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Nancy Mace SC 1 Republican No
Rep. Tracey Mann KS 1 Republican No