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| https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/republicans-are-rigging-democracy-we-will-fix-it-with-or-without-them | Republicans Are Rigging Democracy. We Will Fix It, With or Without Them | 2018-12-11 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Democrat | House | MD | John Sarbanes | S001168 | sarbanes.house.gov | legacy | The first legislation that the new Democratic House majority will pass next year in the 116th Congress is a sweeping package of changes to our campaign finance, ethicsand voting laws. We will shine a light on the dark money in our politics, and empower small donors to own elections and drive the agenda in Washington. We will demand that public servants work for the public interest, not the special interest. We will make it easier, not harder, to vote. Together, these bold reforms will restore and protect the voice of the American people in our democracy....Democrats should not have to pass these reforms alone.... PresidentsRichard Nixon,Gerald Ford,Ronald Reagan,George H.W. BushandGeorge W. Bushall renewed and strengthened the Voting Rights Act. The late Republican Sen.John McCain joined with progressive Sen.Russ Feingold to pass theBipartisan Campaign Reform Act the most significant update of campaign finance laws since Watergate. In response to the lobbying scandals of the mid-2000s, 411 bipartisan members of the House and 83 bipartisan senatorspassed an ethics reform billthat President George W. Bush signed into law.... Democrats in the House are ready to pass bold reforms. We sincerely hope that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will come to the table tohelp us restore power to the American people. But if the Republican-led Senate and the Republican president choose not to help fix our democracy, we will look to the American people to replace them with Democrats who will. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |