POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Articles and editorials

Asian American Voter Rates in Georgia Hit Record High. How Voting Bill Threatens Progress, S270 [18JA]

Black Woman in Rural Texas Struggles With Process To Vote, Advocates Say System Is Unfair, S269 [18JA]

Crystal Mason Was Sentenced to Five Years Behind Bars Because She Voted, S271 [18JA]

How America Lost Its Commitment to the Right To Vote, S268 [18JA]

It’s Time To Stop Gerrymandering Latinos Out of Political Power, S270 [18JA]

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait in Line for Hours? Too Few Polling Places, S269 [18JA]

Bills and resolutions

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 85), H4707 [29AP]

Disabled: allow individuals with disabilities to campaign for elected office without losing access to federally supported benefits (see S. 4597), S3612 [21JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on authority of Congress and States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 80), H3863 [24MR]

——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 89), H5878 [23JN]

——— constitutional amendment on permissible sources of funding for elections for public office and State ballot measures (see H.J. Res. 101), H8873 [8DE]

——— prohibit congressional candidates from accepting contributions from any political committee other than their authorized committee and from establishing leadership political action committee (see H.R. 9134), H8378 [4OC]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 4822), S4541 [12SE]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 5277), S7252 [15DE]

——— require political committees to file separate reports for certain contributions received fewer than 20 days before election in which committee takes certain actions on behalf of candidate or political party (see H.R. 9652), H9983 [21DE]

Executive Office of the President: request President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to online censorship of political speech (see H. Res. 1237), H6922 [20JY]

FEC: enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about advertisements (see S. 5054), S5542 [29SE] (see H.R. 9513), H9729 [13DE]

——— limit authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds for political purposes, including political committees, to nonprofit corporations (see S. 3528), S382 [20JA]

——— prohibit certain political committees from compensating immediate family member of candidate for services provided and require such committees to report on payments made to immediate family members (see H.R. 8031), H5485 [13JN]

——— prohibit Members of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign funds when Congress is in session (see H.R. 8089), H5610 [15JN]

——— prohibit misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates, political parties, and political committees and organizations (see H.R. 8696), H7557 [9AU]

——— reform enforcement process and related provisions under Federal Election Campaign Act (see S. 5331), S9778 [21DE]

——— remove certain impediments to protect political speech and promote election integrity, voter confidence, and effective administration of elections for States, District of Columbia, and military voting programs (see H.R. 8528), H7254 [27JY]

FTC: prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (see S. 4409), S2968 [15JN] (see H.R. 8160), H5733 [21JN]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 6606), H976 [4FE]

Guatemala: support rule of law and address challenges of kleptocracy, organized crime, private and public sector corruption, illicit campaign financing, and attacks on justice, human rights, and free speech advocates (see H. Res. 1481), H8542 [16NO]

House of Representatives: require candidates to file under oath additional information about educational background, military service, and employment history (see H.R. 9703), H10547 [30DE]

Information technology: request President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to coordination between social media and Biden administration to depress or deplatform certain persons or information (see H. Res. 1476), H8541 [16NO]

IRS: reform (see S. 4046), S2091 [7AP] (see H.R. 7485), H4433 [7AP]

Lobbyists: prohibit persons from accepting compensation for serving as agent of, or lobbyist for, foreign adversary (see H.R. 9140), H8378 [4OC]

Members of Congress: prohibit certain campaign fundraising until budget resolution providing for balanced budget and each regular appropriations bill have been enacted (see H.R. 9270), H8428 [3NO]

Political ethics: require disclosure of foreign contributions to political campaigns and committees and charitable organizations and prohibit certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign principals (see H.R. 8106), H5644 [16JN]

States: prohibit from receiving or using funds or certain donations from private entities for administration of Federal election (see H.R. 7117), H3826 [17MR]

Taxation: require that online contributions to political organizations require credit verification value (see S. 4938), S4969 [22SE]

——— terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see S. 3691), S785 [17FE]

Voting: encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security (see S. Res. 791), S4970 [22SE] (see H. Res. 1394), H8113 [22SE]

——— improve voter access to ballot box through automatic voter registration (see S. 4335), S2752 [26MY]

Cloture motions

Elections: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 4822), motion to proceed, S4816 [19SE], S4949 [22SE]

Essays

State of the Union: Sasha Lann, S1150 [14MR]

Letters

Voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform: Christina Harvey, Stand Up America, Inc., E39 [14JA]

——— Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Inc., H174 [13JA]

——— Dan Chu, Sierra Club, E38 [14JA]

——— Dan Mauer, Communications Workers of America (organization), H172 [13JA]

——— Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight, Inc., E39 [14JA]

——— Everett B. Kelley, American Federation of Government Employees, H171 [13JA]

——— Fair Fight Action, Inc., H173 [13JA]

——— Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21 (organization), E39 [14JA]

——— Jana Morgan, Declaration for American Democracy (organization), H173 [13JA]

——— Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause (organization), H173 [13JA]

——— Larry Ottinger, Our Maryland (organization), H174 [13JA]

——— Marc H. Moria, National Urban League, H172 [13JA]

——— Marge Baker, People for the American Way (organization), H174 [13JA]

——— Michelle Chan, Friends of the Earth United States (organization), E37 [14JA]

——— People’s Action (organization), E39 [14JA]

——— Rachel Green, Women of Color Coalition, E38 [14JA]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H172 [13JA]

——— Sung Yeon Choimorrow, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (organization), E37 [14JA]

——— Taifa Smith Butler, De̅mos—A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., E39 [14JA]

——— Virginia Kase Solomón, League of Women Voters, E37 [14JA]

——— Wade Henderson and Jesselyn McCurdy, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Inc., H173 [13JA]

Lists

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H74 [12JA]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H73 [12JA]

Votes recorded by proxy on Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H175 [13JA]

Motions

Elections: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 4822), S4815 [19SE]

Remarks in House

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, reform political campaign finance system, and prevent partisan manipulation of redistricting process, H64–H74 [12JA], H81, H156–H175, H181, H182, H183, H184–H187 [13JA], H223, H225 [19JA], H274–H277 [20JA]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, reform political campaign finance system, and prevent partisan manipulation of redistricting process (S. 2747), H14 [11JA]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H18 [11JA], H224, H249 [19JA], H3821 [17MR], E1302 [15DE]

——— results of Presidential election, H4962 [13MY], H5495 [14JN], H5738 [22JN], H6903 [20JY]

FEC: prohibit Members of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign funds when Congress is in session (H.R. 8089), H6926 [21JY]

——— prohibit misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates, political parties, and political committees and organizations (H.R. 8696), H8826 [8DE]

Information technology: coordination between social media and Biden administration to depress or deplatform certain persons or information, H8856 [8DE]

Remarks in Senate

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, reform political campaign finance system, and prevent partisan manipulation of redistricting process, S185 [12JA], S195–S197, S201, S205–S208, S211–S213, S217 [13JA], S230–S272 [18JA], S277–S347 [19JA], S357, S380 [20JA], S470 [2FE]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, reform political campaign finance system, and prevent partisan manipulation of redistricting process (S. 2747), S29, S41, S42, S47 [5JA], S56, S63, S65, S69, S71, S74–S76, S78 [6JA], S83–S100 [7JA], S110–S113, S120 [10JA], S129 [11JA], S180 [12JA], S9601 [20DE]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), S124, S152 [11JA], S173 [12JA]

——— results of Presidential election, S90 [7JA], S180 [12JA], S280, S285, S306–S308 [19JA], S470 [2FE], S530, S531 [7FE]

Elections: allegations of spying relative to 2016 election, S691 [15FE]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S302, S303 [19JA]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 443), S589 [9FE], S3345 [19JY], S3503 [20JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 4822), S4543 [12SE], S4545, S4566 [13SE], S4813 [19SE], S9596, S9597, S9601 [20DE]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 4822), motion to proceed, S4815 [19SE], S4831 [20SE], S4880, S4881, S4891, S4902–S4906, S4909 [21SE], S4941–S4950, S4956, S4963 [22SE]

FEC: enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about advertisements (S. 5054), S9597 [20DE]

FTC: prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (S. 4409), S2969 [15JN]

Information technology: coordination between social media and Biden administration to depress or deplatform certain persons or information, S9747 [21DE]

Iowa: 2d Congressional District election results, S135 [11JA]

IRS: reform (S. 4046), S2607, S2608 [19MY]

——— reform (S. 4046), unanimous-consent request, S2608 [19MY]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S4891 [21SE]

Sussman, Michael: trial relative to Dept. of Justice and FBI investigations of 2016 election, S2647 [24MY]

Twitter, Inc.: allegations of media bias and censorship, S9748 [21DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5746, Voting Access, Election Integrity, Campaign Finance, and Redistricting Improvements and Voting Rights Act Reform: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 868) (H. Rept. 117–226), H77 [12JA]

Request President To Provide Documents Relative to Coordination Between Social Media and Biden Administration To Deplatform Certain Persons or Information: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1476) (H. Rept. 117–648), H9906 [16DE]

Request President To Provide Documents to House of Representatives Relative to Online Censorship of Political Speech: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1237) (H. Rept. 117–496), H8118 [26SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H64 [12JA]

S. 4409, Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting (Political BIAS) Emails Act, S2970 [15JN]

S. 5277, Fair Elections Now Act, S7254–S7259 [15DE]

S. Res. 791, encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security, S4972 [22SE]