releases: https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/with-hr-1-democrats-announce-a-new-program-for-electoral-reform
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| https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/with-hr-1-democrats-announce-a-new-program-for-electoral-reform | With H.R. 1, Democrats Announce a New Program for Electoral Reform | 2018-12-30 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Democrat | House | MD | John Sarbanes | S001168 | sarbanes.house.gov | legacy | When the new Congress convenes in January, the very first item on its to-do list will be H.R. 1, a package of good-government and election reforms unveiled Friday by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of legislators led by John Sarbanes, of Maryland. Its contents haven't been fully composed yet, but Pelosi and Sarbanes previewed its three parts in a WashingtonPostop-ed earlier this week: a voting-rights plank that includes updates to the Voting Rights Act, measures to address gerrymandering, and automatic voter registration; an ethics plank that requires the President to disclose his or her tax returns and bans the use of taxpayer funds for congressional sexual-harassment settlements; and a campaign-finance plank that offers matching federal funds for small-dollar donations and requires superpacs to publicly disclose their donors. At a press conference on Friday, Sarbanes said, There's a lot of people out there in the country who feel right now that Washington doesn't listen to them, their democracy doesn't work for them, they're kind of left out and locked out. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |