Business Democrats passed a bill Friday aiming to reduce money in politics and expand voting rights, following result of on their top policy priority since they regained control of the chamber.
The proposal would also require presidential and wickedness presidential candidates to release their tax returns — a clear swipe at President Donald Trump, who broke with example in refusing to release his financial information.
The plan, a key plank of Democrats’ 2018 strategy known as H.R. 1, passed the meeting-hall by a 234-193 party-line vote. With the proposal, Democrats hope to cast themselves as the party better upped to root out corruption and boost participation in the U.S. political system. The plan was overshadowed for most of the week by an anti-hate measure out Thursday in response to comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that various critics deemed anti-Semitic.
The Democrats’ ethics revolutionize bill has little chance of becoming law. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has lambasted the measure as a federal power grip by Democrats. Trump has threatened to veto the legislation.
The massive legislation would require so-called dark money units — which do not have to disclose their donors — to reveal their sources of funding, while setting up a public readying method for congressional campaigns. It would create a national automatic voter registration, make Election Day a federal gala, and boost early voting and same-day registration.
Ahead of the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the chart one that “restores the people’s faith that government works in the public’s interest, the people’s interest, not the special animates.” She said it “ensures clean, fair elections and fights voter suppression.”
McConnell has signaled he will not even pen up the bill to a vote. The Kentucky Republican has repeatedly called it the “Democrat Politician Protection Act.”
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