House Democrats Reintroduce Bill Aimed At Preventing Abuses of Presidential Power
On Thursday, July 27, House Democrats reintroduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act (PODA), a large-scale package of pro-democracy reforms.
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On Thursday, July 27, House Democrats reintroduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act (PODA), a large-scale package of pro-democracy reforms.
On Thursday, July 20, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, & Transparency (SCERT) Act, a bill that would implement sweeping ethics reforms for the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, July 18, Democratic members of Congress, reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, a comprehensive voting rights bill.
On Thursday, July 13, the U.S. House Committee on House Administration approved Republicans’ American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, a sweeping “election integrity” bill that committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) calls the “most conservative” election bill to be considered in decades.
On Tuesday, July 11, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) stating that the CBC would oppose two judicial nominations if Durbin did not undertake outlined changes to the Jim Crow-era blue slip process.
On Monday, July 10, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 18 other senators sent a letter to Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida and the chair of the rule-making committee for the Judicial Conference.
On Monday, July 10, House Republicans unveiled the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, a sweeping “election integrity” bill, which would recommend policy changes nationwide and overhaul elections in Washington, D.C.
On Monday, July 3, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) introduced H.R. 4460, a bill that would ensure that only U.S. citizens are able to vote in federal elections, despite the fact that this is already the case.
On Friday, July 7, a bar disciplinary committee concluded that Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
On Wednesday, June 21, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm President Joe Biden’s 100th federal district court judge nominee, Natasha Merle.