Republican lawmakers slammed an elections and ethics reform overhaul being pushed by Democrats as a “monstrosity of a bill” filled with “countless deficiencies.”
House Democrats are set to vote on a sweeping campaign finance, elections and ethics bill, dubbed HR 1, on Friday, which seeks to impose new requirements on states for early voting and online and same-day voter registration, funding of congressional campaigns and reshaping of the Federal Election Commission, among a grab-bag of items on the left’s agenda, The Washington Post reported.
If #HR1 becomes law, it will be easier for illegal votes to cancel out the voice of legal voters. pic.twitter.com/QNAROlCgqI
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) March 6, 2019
Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs condemned the more than 600-page bill on the House floor Wednesday, calling out Democrats for rushing it to the floor in order to hide its countless flaws.
H.R. 1 is a monstrosity of a bill, rife with problems throughout its hundreds of pages. So much so that Democrats rushed it to the floor with an alarming lack of mark-ups to hide its countless deficiencies. pic.twitter.com/68s8TRvgaF
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 7, 2019
Republicans criticized a provision in the bill that would funnel taxpayer money to political candidates by establishing public financing for congressional elections.
One of the issues w/ the bill is the provision for millions of taxpayer $ to be funneled to campaigns around the country. You & your neighbors will be funding candidates from sea to shining sea regardless of whether you agree with them or not. Don’t you have a problem with that?
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 7, 2019
The six-to-one matching program for small donations in congressional elections was slammed by GOP lawmakers like Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
Democrats claimed H.R. 1 would get money out of politics. But instead it’s going to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of candidates and campaign consultants. How it works: if someone gives a campaign $100, the federal government will give that campaign $600. pic.twitter.com/W8ItvdrfSP
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 7, 2019
The House Minority Whip unloaded on Twitter, detailing the problems with what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed as the “Democrat Politician Protection Act.”
H.R. 1, the “Democrat Politician Protection Act”
+ Forces states to allow felons to vote
+ Overrides state voter ID laws
+ Removes safeguards to prevent voter fraud
+ Creates a system where taxpayer money funds candidates the taxpayer doesn’t support— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 6, 2019
After promising to run a transparent House, Democrats let special interest groups write a 622-page federal takeover of elections blatantly tailored to use taxpayer money to enrich candidates and campaign consultants with a 6 to 1 taxpayer-funded match of small dollar donations.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 6, 2019
Scalise called out his Democratic colleagues who did not consult Republicans on the bill which affects the “future and integrity” of the election process.
Follow the money: H.R. 1 diverts taxpayer funds into candidates’ and consultants’ pockets by expanding the use of campaign funds to include child care and other personal expenses. Democrats are pursuing “reforms” that benefit themselves, not the American people.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 6, 2019
Republicans weren’t consulted on H.R. 1, and Democrats once again voted down every single Republican amendment to the bill. It sets up a system of fraud, abuse, and misuse of taxpayer funds. Bottom line: H.R. 1 leaves the future and integrity of our elections in doubt.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 6, 2019
Scalise criticized HR 1 as “an attempt to rewrite the rules in favor of the Democratic Party by instituting greater regulations on Americans’ First Amendment rights.” He called out a provision which would take away power from the states in weakening laws that currently require voters to present photo identification.
H.R. 1, the “Democrat Politician Protection Act” enables voter fraud across the country by throwing out state laws that require people to show their ID and prove who they are before voting. pic.twitter.com/VRQIzn70OZ
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 6, 2019
Democrats’ so-called “For the People Act” (also known as the “Democrat Politician Protection Act”) wages an assault on states’ rights by allowing Washington lawmakers, unelected federal judges and lawyers to usurp power from state legislatures, local elected officials and voters. pic.twitter.com/CsW7ZhyoZq
— John Ratcliffe (@RepRatcliffe) March 5, 2019
According to The Post:
The bill also aims to end partisan gerrymandering of congressional district by requiring independent state commissions instead of legislatures to draw lines. It would also create an automatic voter registration system, bar states from disenfranchising felons who have completed their sentences, create stricter rules surrounding voter-roll purges and weaken state laws requiring voters to present photo identification.
Other provisions include a requirement that presidential and vice-presidential candidates disclose 10 years of past tax returns, a mandatory new ethical code for the Supreme Court, an end to most first-class travel for federal officeholders and a provision making Election Day a national holiday.
“There should be nothing partisan or political about empowering the American people and making sure that government works for them,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday in a speech on the House floor.
“We are ending the dominance of big, dark special interest money in politics,” the California Democrat said during debate on the bill which would require “dark money” groups to reveal their donors.
McConnell warned that Democrats who vote in favor of the measure could endanger their re-election chances and pledged to give the bill no time in the Senate where it is not expected to get a vote.
“I believe we can actually win elections against people who vote for this turkey,” McConnell said, calling the bill a “parade of horrible” and a “terrible proposal,” according to Roll Call.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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