H.Res. 1384
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must urgently take all appropriate measures to guarantee civil rights and fair political representation to all Americans.
Sponsor: Greg Casar
48 cosponsors
- Analilia Mejia
- Andrea Salinas
- Christian D. Menefee
- Daniel S. Goldman
- Danny K. Davis
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- Jimmy Gomez
- Joaquin Castro
- Joyce Beatty
- Judy Chu
- LaMonica McIver
- Marilyn Strickland
- Mark Takano
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Shontel M. Brown
- Steve Cohen
- Valerie P. Foushee
- Wesley Bell
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Glenn Ivey
- Nellie Pou
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Ilhan Omar
- Jim Costa
- Lateefah Simon
- Robert Garcia
- Yassamin Ansari
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Jahana Hayes
- Maxwell Frost
- Shri Thanedar
- Adriano Espaillat
- Grace Meng
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Yvette D. Clarke
- André Carson
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Jared Huffman
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Nikema Williams
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Ro Khanna
- Troy A. Carter
- Kweisi Mfume
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Text of the bill
That the House of Representatives supports—
(1) the adoption by the House of Representatives of legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10101 note; Public Law 89–110) to end racial discrimination in voting and elected representation and ensure that all eligible Americans are able to vote; and
(2) under the next prodemocracy governing moment—
(A) the elimination of the 60-vote threshold in the Senate; and
(B) enacting structural changes to the Supreme Court, taking into consideration a wide range of reforms, such as establishing a binding judicial code of ethics for Supreme Court Justices, term limits for Supreme Court Justices, and expanding the size of the Supreme Court.