
2022 Democracy Scorecard: 70% more of Congress receives perfect scores compared to 2020
Support for democracy is growing in U.S. Congress as Common Cause’s 2022 Democracy Scorecard reveals that 101 members received a perfect score.

Support for democracy is growing in U.S. Congress as Common Cause’s 2022 Democracy Scorecard reveals that 101 members received a perfect score.

President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.
Few would want to admit it, but the wartime rhetoric on right-wing TV and on online forums in the wake of the FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida golf club has to make you think something more violent than Jan. 6 could be brewing.
An Ohio man pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of destruction of government property for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The U.S. Senate voted 95-1 in favor of adding Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday.

The U.S. House voted 217-213 Friday to pass an assault weapons ban that would reinstate the ban on military-style rifles, high capacity magazines, and other assault weapons modeled on firearms designed for use on the battlefield.
The U.S. House voted in favor Thursday of getting the United States back into the semiconductor game and back into the global technology competition.

On Monday the House of Representatives voted 394 to 18 to express support “for the sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as calling on all members of NATO to ratify the protocols of accession swiftly.”

The U.S. House voted Friday, largely along party lines, to pass two bills defending abortion rights.

The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act passed the U.S. House on Wednesday with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 402-20.
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