This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Voting Rights Amendment Act
Source: H.R.3899/S.1945
Congressional Summary:Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the requirement that a federal court retain jurisdiction for an appropriate period to prevent commencement of new devices to deny or abridge the right to vote. Expands the types of violations triggering the authority of a court to retain such jurisdiction to include certain violations of the Act as well as violations of any federal voting rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group. [This bill would ban requiring photo IDs in order to vote].Opponents recommend voting NO because:Sen. Bob Dole (on related bill from 2007, whether to add an amendment allowing photo ID): I am proposing a commonsense measure to uphold the integrity of Federal elections. My amendment to require voters to show photo identification at the polls would go a long way in minimizing potential for voter fraud. When a fraudulent vote is cast
and counted, the vote of a legitimate voter is cancelled. This is wrong, and my amendment would help ensure that one of the hallmarks of our democracy, our free and fair elections, is protected. Opinion polls repeatedly confirm that Americans overwhelmingly support this initiative. Proponents support voting YES because:Sen. Dianne Feinstein (on related bill from 2007): If one would want to suppress the vote in the 2008 election, one would vote [for Dole's amendment] this because this measure goes into effect January 1, 2008. It provides that everybody who votes essentially would have to have a photo ID. If you want to suppress the minority vote, the elderly vote, the poor vote, this is exactly the way to do it. Many of these people do not have driver's licenses. This amendment would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to actually carry out. It goes into effect--surprise--January 1, 2008 [to affect the presidential election]. I urge a "no" vote.
See earlier related Senate bill, S.269 (2007)
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
Question 16: Make voter registration easier
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 14_S1945 |
| Richard Blumenthal |
s1s | CT Democratic Sr Senator | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Sherrod Brown |
s1s | OH Democratic Sr Senator | Sep 10, 2014 |
| Chris Coons |
s1s | DE Democratic Jr Senator | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Richard Durbin |
s1s | IL Democratic Sr Senator | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Dianne Feinstein |
s1s | CA Democratic Sr Senator | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Al Franken |
s1s | MN Democrat/DFL Jr Senator (resigned 2017) | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Mazie Hirono |
s1s | Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012) | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Amy Klobuchar |
s1s | MN Democrat/DFL Sr Senator | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Patrick Leahy |
s2p | VT Democratic Sr Senator | |
| Carl Levin |
s1s | MI Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014) | Sep 10, 2014 |
| Charles Schumer |
s1s | NY Democratic Sr Senator | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse |
s1s | RI Democratic Jr Senator | Jun 23, 2014 |
Republicans
participating in 14_S1945 |
Independents
participating in 14_S1945 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
12
Republicans:
0
Independents:
0 |
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