Current Events > House Democrats set to unveil sweeping anti-corruption proposal for January

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/30/18118158/house-democrats-anti-corruption-bill-hr-1-pelosi

Campaign finance

Public financing of campaigns, powered by small donations. Under Sarbaness vision, the federal government would provide a voluntary 6-1 match for candidates for president and Congress, which means for every dollar a candidate raises from small donations, the federal government would match it six times over. If you give $100 to a candidate thats meeting those requirements, then that candidate would get another $600 coming in behind them, Sarbanes told Vox this summer. The evidence and the modeling is that most candidates can do as well or better in terms of the dollars they raise if they step into this new system.
Passing the DISCLOSE Act, pushed by Rep. David Cicilline (RI) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), both Democrats from Rhode Island. This would require Super PACs and dark money political organizations to make their donors public.
Passing the Honest Ads Act, championed by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Mark Warner (VA), which would require Facebook and Twitter to disclose the source of money of political ads on their platforms, and share how much money was spent.

Ethics

Requiring the president to disclose his or her tax returns.
Stopping members of Congress from using taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases or buy first-class plane tickets.
Giving the Office of Government Ethics the power to do more oversight and enforcement and put in stricter lobbying registration requirements.
Create a new ethical code for the US Supreme Court, ensuring all branches of government are impacted by the new law.

Voting rights

Creating new national automatic voter registration that asks voters to opt out, rather than opt in, ensuring more people will be signed up to vote. Early voting and online voting would also be promoted.
Restoring the Voting Rights Act, part of which was dismantled by a US Supreme Court decision in 2013. Ending partisan gerrymandering in federal elections and prohibiting voter roll purging.
Beefing up elections security, including requiring the Director of National Intelligence to do regular checks on foreign threats.

But at the beginning of the article:

This is House Resolution 1 the first thing House Democrats will tackle after the speakers vote in early January. To be clear, this legislation has little-to-no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate or being signed by President Donald Trump.

Sounds like good material for the 2020 cycle if the Senate won't pass it.
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Why would they harm themselves like this?
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LMFAO now that's rich
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ah so a thing they can pass and get voted down
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This is what they need to be doing: putting together popular, progressive legislation and screaming bloody murder over Mitch McConnell ignoring it.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

This is what they need to be doing: putting together popular, progressive legislation and screaming bloody murder over Mitch McConnell ignoring it.

Sure but it has no hope of passing. I guess though if they can martyr over important issues that's certain ly something.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

This is what they need to be doing: putting together popular, progressive legislation and screaming bloody murder over Mitch McConnell ignoring it.

Sure but it has no hope of passing. I guess though if they can martyr over important issues that's certain ly something.

Nothing good has any hope of passing in the current environment. So that's their job: demonstrating to the American electorate why they should elect more Democrats in 2020.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

This is what they need to be doing: putting together popular, progressive legislation and screaming bloody murder over Mitch McConnell ignoring it.

pretty much

it's a good way to rally the base for 2020

the trouble is i have 0 confidence they'd pass it if they actually gained control of both branches
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P4wn4g3 posted...

re but it has no hope of passing.

Neither did the dozens of Obamacare repeals pre-Trump. But it was useful as a signal of priorities.
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They know it won't pass. That's the point. If they do nothing, they'll be accused of not attempting to promote their own agendas. But bringing forth popular legislation only to have it shut down is ammo for 2020.

ScazarMeltex posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with anything in that particular bill. I'll be interested to see the GOP justification for voting against it.

They simply won't give justification.
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TendoDRM posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with anything in that particular bill. I'll be interested to see the GOP justification for voting against it.

They simply won't give justification.

mcconnell wont let it go to a vote at all

lets him take the blame and doesnt put their vulnerable senators at risk

he isnt vulnerable because his state is committed to his ideology for some reason
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Darkman124 posted...

he isnt vulnerable because his state is committed to his ideology for some reason

Isn't he like the prime example of only getting in because there's an R next to his name? He's like the most-hated Senator in their home state in the country.
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

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It's the pony guy.
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Bio1590 posted...

Isn't he like the prime example of only getting in because there's an R next to his name? He's like the most-hated Senator in their home state in the country.

probably

yet somehow he will be re-elected

i guess he might retire
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Darkman124 posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Isn't he like the prime example of only getting in because there's an R next to his name? He's like the most-hated Senator in their home state in the country.

probably

yet somehow he will be re-elected

i guess he might retire

He's only 76, Grassley's elected until he's 88, I don't think Cocaine Mitch is gonna retire.>_>
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ScazarMeltex posted...

Darkman124 posted...

TendoDRM posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with anything in that particular bill. I'll be interested to see the GOP justification for voting against it.

They simply won't give justification.

mcconnell wont let it go to a vote at all

lets him take the blame and doesnt put their vulnerable senators at risk

he isnt vulnerable because his state is committed to his ideology for some reason

This is why the dems are spineless though. Take the case to the people. Give interviews on it, shout it from the fucking mountaintop, force the GOP to respond. Refuse to pass any legislation on anything until the senate allows a vote on it. The dems can force issues, they just choose not to.

Tie it to the budget!
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Bio1590 posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

Darkman124 posted...

TendoDRM posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with anything in that particular bill. I'll be interested to see the GOP justification for voting against it.

They simply won't give justification.

mcconnell wont let it go to a vote at all

lets him take the blame and doesnt put their vulnerable senators at risk

he isnt vulnerable because his state is committed to his ideology for some reason

This is why the dems are spineless though. Take the case to the people. Give interviews on it, shout it from the fucking mountaintop, force the GOP to respond. Refuse to pass any legislation on anything until the senate allows a vote on it. The dems can force issues, they just choose not to.

Tie it to the budget!

i'd support that

in practice its not like we'll see another budget pass anyway. back to the era of continuing resolutions
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seems like a great way to take the republican legislatures 2010-2016 game plan and make it work for democrats. its going to die, over and over, and its going to piss off anyone who's against corruption.
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