{"id":32202,"date":"2019-01-23T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T20:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizenvox.org\/?p=32202"},"modified":"2019-05-05T08:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T12:18:22","slug":"h-r-1-marks-a-new-era-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/h-r-1-marks-a-new-era-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"H.R.1. Marks a New Era in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly in the majority, U.S. House Democrats have made their stance abundantly clear \u2014 fighting corruption and protecting democracy is priority number one. Their inaugural bill is far-reaching, tackling reforms aimed at our elections, the campaign finance system, as well as ethics and lobbying all in the same piece of legislation. H.R. 1, dubbed the \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d is the most sweeping and comprehensive anti-corruption bill of the last 50 years. It is a legislative antidote to many of the problems associated with the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United<\/em> decision and increased attempts at voter suppression<\/p>\n

Passing this bill in the House is an important and necessary first step to set the stage for its implementation in the future and for building the public demand for anti-corruption legislation as a whole. It is truly remarkable to see so many transformative policies in one bill, and to see the overwhelming support for that bill inside and outside of DC.<\/p>\n

The bill would:<\/p>\n