Democrat-Led House Passes H.R.1 - a blatant power grab

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Democrats Plan to Federalize Cheat By Mail - Override All State ID Laws
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Democrat-Led House Passes H.R.1, Aimed to Federalize U.S. Elections
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Breitbart
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5 March 2021
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National News
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.R. 1, otherwise known as the “For the People Act,” which Republicans warn will compromise election integrity and ultimately lead to the federalization of U.S. elections.

The Democrat-led House passed the legislation on party lines, 220 to 210. A summary of the bill notes that it “expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting)” and imposes limits on removing voters from voter rolls.

Republicans have warned that the Democrat legislation would vastly reduce the power of the states to control and operate elections at the local level.

“If this bill passes, it puts in all these terrible provisions,” Hans von Spakovsky...

“If you’re a state like Alabama or Texas that has a voter ID law, you might as well forget it, because this federal law would override all state voter ID laws so they’re now unenforceable,” von Spakovsky added....

Speaking to Breitbart News on Tuesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) warned that the “Socialist Democrat Election Fraud Enhancement Act” would do “great damage” to the nation’s election system by taking power away from the states....

Rep. Lauren Boebart (R-CO) also warned against the legislation during an exclusive interview with Breitbart News last week....

This is something that will federalize our elections. It’s a D.C. takeover of our elections,” Boebert said.... “But the ‘For the People Act,’ ‘For the Swamp Act,’ you know, this actually has tax dollars that will pay for politicians’ campaigns....

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Read this list. It is outrageous. 37 Things to Know About H.R. 1, ‘For the People Act’, Breitbart, March 4, 2021.

House Passes Sweeping Bill Making it Easier For Democrats to Steal Elections, by Christina Laila, Gateway Pundit, March 3, 2021:

The Democrats used Covid as a vehicle to successfully steal the White House and the Senate (and possibly the House) with ballot harvesting, ballot drop boxes, mail-in ballots and by counting ballots in secret for several days after Election Day in 2020 so now they’re passing legislation to make it easier to steal every election going forward.

The Democrats are making it easier for them to steal elections by automatically registering voters and expanding early and absentee voting....

H.R. 1 will head to the Senate where Democrats have a slim majority with a 50-50 senate and Kamala Harris as the tiebreaker.

Progressives keep pushing to abolish the filibuster since the bill needs 60 votes to advance in the Senate, but Democrat Senators Manchin and Sinema have opposed eliminating the filibuster....

Angry at Trump, Liberals Propose Unconstitutional Bill to Punish Him, The National Interest, February 28, 2021.

Rep. Mo Brooks: H.R. 1 Would Make American Elections ‘Akin to Old Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea’, Breitbart, March 4, 2021.

The Dems’ Voting Fraud Encouragement Bill - A blatant power grab, FrontPage Mag, March 5, 2021.

20 Attorneys General Deem H.R. 1 Unconstitutional: It Sets ‘Alarming Mandates’, Breitbart, March 4, 2021.