Scorecard

2022 ECU/LAV Action Fund Scorecard

Key to Scored Senate Votes/Cosponsorships

  • • No Corporate PAC: Over 60 members of the 117th Congress have chosen to reject contributions from corporate PACs for their campaigns.
  • • FTPA [S. 1] Cosponsor: Legislation to protect the freedom to vote, end the dominance of big money in politics, and restore ethics and accountability in government.
  • • FTPA [S. 2093] Vote: See description above.
  • • FTPA [S. 1] Vote: See description above.
  • • FTVA [S. 2747] Cosponsor: The Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1) is legislation to protect the freedom to vote, end the dominance of big money in politics, and stop discrimination in voting and redistrciting.
  • • FTVA [S. 2747] Vote: See description above.
  • • FTV: JRLA [H.R. 5746] Vote: The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (S. 1) is legislation combining the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure the freedom to vote, stop discrimination in voting and redistricting, and end the dominance of big money in politics.
  • • FTV: JRLA [H.R. 5746] Rules Change: See description above.
  • • JRL VRAA [S. 4] Cosponsor: The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4) would restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act and protect voters from discrimination at the ballot box.
  • • JRL VRAA [S. 4] Vote: See description above.
  • • WDCAA [S. 51] Cosponsor: The Washington, D.C. Admission Act would grant statehood and voting representation to Washington, D.C’s nearly 700,000 citizens.
  • • DFA Amendment [S.J. Res. 25] Cosponsor: The Democracy for All Amendment overturns the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision by giving Congress and the states the ability to set commonsense limits for campaign fundraising and spending.
  • • DISCLOSE [S. 443] Cosponsor: The DISCLOSE Act would ensure voters know who is trying to influence their vote by requiring politically-active groups to disclose their largest donors who give over $10,000.
  • • Impeachment [H. Res. 24] Vote: Articles of impeachment against former President Trump for his role in inciting a violent insurrection against our government in order to overturn a free and fair election.

Key to Scored House Votes/Cosponsorships

  • • No Corporate PAC: Over 60 members of the 117th Congress have chosen to reject contributions from corporate PACs for their campaigns.
  • • FTPA [H.R. 1] Cosponsor: Legislation to protect the freedom to vote, end the dominance of big money in politics, and restore ethics and accountability in government.
  • • FTPA [H.R. 1] Vote: See description above.
  • • WDCAA [H.R. 51] Cosponsor: The Washington, D.C. Admission Act would grant statehood and voting representation to Washington, D.C’s nearly 700,000 citizens.
  • • WDCAA [H.R. 51] Vote: See description above.
  • • JRL VRAA [H.R. 4] Cosponsor: The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) would restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act and protect voters from discrimination at the ballot box.
  • • JRL VRAA [H.R. 4] Vote: See description above.
  • • PODA [H.R. 5314] Vote: The Protecting Our Democracy Act is legislation to prevent presidential abuses of power and restore checks and balances.
  • • FTV: JRLA [H.R. 5746] Vote: The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act is legislation combining the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure the freedom to vote, stop discrimination in voting and redistricting, and end the dominance of big money in politics.
  • • DFA Amendment [H.J. Res. 1] Cosponsor: The Democracy for All Amendment overturns the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision by giving Congress and the states the ability to set commonsense limits for campaign fundraising and spending.
  • • DISCLOSE [H.R. 1334] Cosponsor: The DISCLOSE Act would ensure voters know who is trying to influence their vote by requiring politically-active groups to disclose their largest donors who give over $10,000.
  • • Impeachment [H. Res. 24] Vote: Articles of impeachment against former President Trump for his role in inciting a violent insurrection against our government in order to overturn a free and fair election.

Notes

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set the overall agenda for the House and Senate, which have made government reform a top priority – including designating comprehensive government reform as H.R. 1 and S. 1. As Speaker of the House and Majority Leader, they don’t typically cosponsor legislation and don’t cast votes in the same manner and therefore are not graded.

 

As chair and vice chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) are doing critical work to protect our democracy and their leadership has received special recognition in this scorecard.