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The visuals of new House should send a shiver through anyone who cares about future of Rep. Party. One side looks like America & our future, the other looks like Board meeting of 1950’s corporation. A basic law of politics: be for the future not past. There’s more of it.

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 4, 2019

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. pic.twitter.com/fePdA5zCi2

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 4, 2019

Новый состав Конгресса с демократическим большинством в Палате представителей бросается в глаза своим разнообразием. Но важно также единство демократов. Первым внесенным законопроектом стал H.R. 1 - To expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1
https://democracyreform-sarbanes.house.gov/sites/democracyreformtaskforce.house.gov/files/HR%201_TheForthePeopleAct_FINAL.pdf

By passing H.R. 1, the #ForThePeople Act, we can ensure that the people’s interests — not special interests — are the focus of this Democratic House. pic.twitter.com/lBFLUYMOEJ

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 4, 2019

Законопроект серьезным образом укрепляет демократию и включает в себя меры по защите от иностранного вмешательства.

"We will promote national automatic voter registration, bolster our critical election infrastructure against foreign attackers, and put an end to partisan gerrymandering once and for all by establishing federal guidelines to outlaw the practice. No American should face hours-long lines, broken voting machines or rules rigged to keep their vote from being counted in our elections.
These are the reforms that will ultimately change the balance of power in Washington. When we get dark money out of politics, clean up corruption and ensure fair elections, we will dismantle the ability of special interests to stack the deck of our democracy and our economy against hard-working Americans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-majoritys-first-order-of-business-restore-democracy/2018/11/25/9aeb3dbe-ece2-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html



Норман Эйсен, специалист по правительственной этике, объясняет:

Since 2016, the United States’ friends around the world have been faced with a dual shock: Russia’s multipronged attack on our elections that year and the ascension of President Donald Trump, who has criticized our longtime partners while embracing authoritarians like Russian President Vladimir Putin—despite his assault on our democracy.
H.R. 1 reforms our broken political system but it also addresses the concerns of Americans and allies alike who are anxious that our elections are vulnerable to future foreign attacks. The bill incorporates election security reforms that are long overdue. It would establish standards for election vendors, provide significant assistance to states to improve and protect their election systems, and bolster federal efforts to assess and respond to threats to election systems.
H.R. 1 also responds to Putin’s violations of our campaign finance laws. Russian agents spent money on campaign ads in the United States in 2016 in violation of the ban on foreign governments making expenditures to influence our elections. They have run other ads to foment divisions while hiding their role as the sponsors and funders of the ads. H.R.1 contains new disclosure provisions to ensure the American people know the actual sponsors of the ads. This will also help us prevent illegal campaign expenditures by foreign interests in our elections.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/07/election-security-campaign-finance-bill-223758

Законопроект будет наверняка заблокирован республиканским руководством Сената, но это только усилит общественное давление на Конгресс и перспективы победы демократов в 2020.