In January, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), chairman of the Democracy Reform Task Force, introduced H.R. 1, otherwise known as the “For the People Act.” The bill puts forward common-sense reforms to limit corruption and make government responsive to the people, not just the powerful.
Since H.R. 1 was introduced, however, conservatives have come out in opposition. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) went so far as to call the bill’s effort to make the U.S. electoral system fairer a progressive “power grab.” And just weeks after H.R. 1 was filed, the Conservative Action Project released a memo signed by over 100 well-known conservatives opposing the bill.
The above excerpt was originally published in Morning Consult.
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