What has the House of Representatives actually accomplished since the GOP obtained it?
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Graylight · 51-55, F
Well, here's a rundown of how they've kept busy:
Republicans want to change how ballots are counted, taking aim at electronic voting machines. This comes along with several other bills suggesting changes in vote counting as well as where and how people may vote.
Other legislators attempted to usurp power over elections.
In some states, Republicans introduced measures that would have increased their power over elections. Missouri and Texas both saw bills aimed at bifurcating elections, with entirely separate registration lists and ballots between federal and state elections.
Proposals in both states were intended to circumvent Congress’ ability to regulate federal elections; rather than allow state elections to conform with federal rules, these lawmakers prefer to keep state elections entirely separate to maintain their control.
They've eliminated voting options, which historically affects voting in impoverished areas. Schools and voting don’t mix, according to Republicans.
Public schools are commonly used for polling locations across the country; they’re large, easily accessible and generally well-known to local communities. Yet some Republicans have decided that we shouldn’t allow voting there.
Bills in New Jersey, New York and Texas would have banned placing polling locations at public schools, removing a convenient and common location for voting. Travis County, Texas (home to the state capital of Austin), for example, had 38 polling locations at schools last year. All of those would have to be relocated if such a ban were enacted.
And then there was the slew of bills about the environment and climate change. A succession of recent hearings laid out the blueprint for coordinated attacks on public lands and climate progress, together with measures that will blunt opportunities for public input. House Republicans have now wrapped these bad bills into a single, behemoth package, H.R. 1, which opponents have dubbed the "Polluters Over People Act". Listing it as H.R. 1 signifies that Republicans' top priority this legislative session is pushing aggressively pro-drilling and mining bills that will make us take a huge step back on combatting climate change, undermining recent successes and decimating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).And public lands are square in their sights. Republicans plan to roll back 2022 climate progress
There are measures included like silencing community voices, fast-tracking mining and relaxing toxic waste standards. Think of it as ugliness and toxin leaking from the groundwater. This is where the vileness begins to become legal.
Republicans want to change how ballots are counted, taking aim at electronic voting machines. This comes along with several other bills suggesting changes in vote counting as well as where and how people may vote.
Other legislators attempted to usurp power over elections.
In some states, Republicans introduced measures that would have increased their power over elections. Missouri and Texas both saw bills aimed at bifurcating elections, with entirely separate registration lists and ballots between federal and state elections.
Proposals in both states were intended to circumvent Congress’ ability to regulate federal elections; rather than allow state elections to conform with federal rules, these lawmakers prefer to keep state elections entirely separate to maintain their control.
They've eliminated voting options, which historically affects voting in impoverished areas. Schools and voting don’t mix, according to Republicans.
Public schools are commonly used for polling locations across the country; they’re large, easily accessible and generally well-known to local communities. Yet some Republicans have decided that we shouldn’t allow voting there.
Bills in New Jersey, New York and Texas would have banned placing polling locations at public schools, removing a convenient and common location for voting. Travis County, Texas (home to the state capital of Austin), for example, had 38 polling locations at schools last year. All of those would have to be relocated if such a ban were enacted.
And then there was the slew of bills about the environment and climate change. A succession of recent hearings laid out the blueprint for coordinated attacks on public lands and climate progress, together with measures that will blunt opportunities for public input. House Republicans have now wrapped these bad bills into a single, behemoth package, H.R. 1, which opponents have dubbed the "Polluters Over People Act". Listing it as H.R. 1 signifies that Republicans' top priority this legislative session is pushing aggressively pro-drilling and mining bills that will make us take a huge step back on combatting climate change, undermining recent successes and decimating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).And public lands are square in their sights. Republicans plan to roll back 2022 climate progress
There are measures included like silencing community voices, fast-tracking mining and relaxing toxic waste standards. Think of it as ugliness and toxin leaking from the groundwater. This is where the vileness begins to become legal.
Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F
@Graylight why isn't churches or community halls used for voting in my town we all vote at the community center. Plus election day is almost always on a school day so does that not disrupt school activities and allow unauthorized ppl into the school
Graylight · 51-55, F
@Mountainlady16 Hello darkness, my old friend. Been a while.
The issue isn't so much what type of venue is used but, rather, whether moving, erasing or otherwise tweaking the election process makes it more difficult for people typically closer to poverty and with dark skin.
Your ideas aren't bad ones, but the force behind voting laws recently has worked to disclude some American voters.
The issue isn't so much what type of venue is used but, rather, whether moving, erasing or otherwise tweaking the election process makes it more difficult for people typically closer to poverty and with dark skin.
Your ideas aren't bad ones, but the force behind voting laws recently has worked to disclude some American voters.
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