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John —

I have dedicated my career to safeguarding our democracy from the
influence of special interests and the threat of far-right extremism.

I’ve fought to strengthen campaign finance laws.

I’ve led the fight to hold a dangerous and out of control president
accountable.

I’ve introduced specific measures to clean up corruption and restore
balance to the Supreme Court.

As a United States Senator, I have big plans to continue this work to
address the clear threats to our democracy and strengthen it for
generations to come.

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more about what I hope to accomplish in the Senate.

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his pro-democracy plan

 

RESTORING THE VOTE

As extreme Republicans attempt to subvert, undermine, and challenge our
democracy and voting rights, I will work to protect and strengthen them
by:

Ending Voter Suppression Across the Country
Republicans in state legislatures across the nation are engaged in an
all-out assault on our democracy, enacting highly restrictive voter
suppression and subversion laws designed to disenfranchise voters –
particularly Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous voters. That’s why we must
pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and strengthen our
commitment to ensuring voters are able to exercise their right to make
their voices heard.

Making Voting Easy
Voting is a right – and it shouldn’t be hard to exercise. For too long,
state legislatures and governors have sought to restrict not only who can
vote, but also how they can vote – weakening our democracy and reducing
citizen participation. We should make Election Day a national federal
holiday so everyone can vote, including hard-working families that may not
get time off. We should automatically register all voters through
government agencies like the DMV and create an online voter registration
system. We should guarantee the ability for everyone to vote by mail if
they choose, and require all states to offer same-day registration in
federal elections.

Eliminating the Gerrymander
Republicans have long abused the redistricting process to increase their
power, and then used that power to enact draconian policies that the
majority of people do not support. In some states, Democrats have also
abused the power to write the lines of their own districts. We need to end
this nefarious practice – just like California did – by passing the For
the People Act to empower voters and strengthen our democracy by banning
the practice of partisan gerrymandering so voters’ voices – not
politicians’ partisan interests – are heard at the ballot box.

Restoring the Vote to those Who Have Served Their Time
Laws restricting voting rights for those convicted of an offense are Jim
Crow-era relics that disproportionately restrict the rights of people of
color and other marginalized communities. And in recent years, they’ve
expanded in many states, not receded. It’s time to get rid of these laws
and restore the right to vote to those who have served their time and have
returned to society.

 

MAKING OUR GOVERNMENT WORK FOR US

Abolishing the Filibuster
The filibuster has a pernicious history of being used to perpetuate Jim
Crow laws and is being used once again to solidify a new generation of Jim
Crow meant to disenfranchise people. If we are to restore voting rights,
pass meaningful gun safety legislation, enact a national right to
abortion, protect workers and their right to organize, ensure clean air
and clean water, and create an economy that works for everyone, we must
abolish the filibuster.

Passing the Protect Our Democracy Act
I introduced a landmark package of reforms to prevent future presidential
abuses of power, restore our system of checks and balances,
accountability, and transparency, and protect our elections from foreign
interference. This package of legislative reforms — similar to the
post-Watergate reforms passed by Congress in the 1970’s — would restore
the guardrails protecting our democracy. Among other reforms, it would
expedite the enforcement of Congressional subpoenas, prevent presidents
from issuing self-pardons or pardons to their family members, increase
protections for whistleblowers, require presidential candidates to release
ten years of tax returns, and protect our elections from foreign
interference.

Prohibiting Members from Trading Stocks
Over the last several years, some members of Congress have used
information they gleaned from their work to trade stocks. This practice is
illegal, and to restore public confidence, all members should be banned
from trading individual stocks. The American people should never have to
worry that their representative in Congress is acting in their own
personal financial interests, rather than their constituents’ best
interests. That’s why I am an original cosponsor of the Transparent
Representation Upholding Service and Trust (TRUST) in Congress Act to ban
Members and their families from trading individual stocks.

Ending Citizens United
In its Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court unleashed a torrent of
dark, unaccountable money in our system and made it nearly impossible to
meaningfully regulate campaign finance. It’s time to return power to the
people, and overturn Citizens United once and for all. That’s why I
introduced a landmark constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens
United decision and allow reasonable restrictions on political spending,
outlaw dark money, and allow public financing of campaigns.

Abolishing the Electoral College
Democratic candidates have won the popular vote in seven of the last eight
presidential elections, but in that time frame, we still had two
Republican Presidents who lost the popular vote. We should ensure that
presidents are chosen by the voters, rather than those who can cobble
together a strategy for certain battleground states. That’s why I support
abolishing the Electoral College — by expanding the multi-state compact in
which states agree that whoever wins the national popular vote will earn
all of their state’s electoral votes.

 

REFORMING THE SUPREME COURT

I am on the frontlines of the fight to reform the Supreme Court, which
Republicans have stacked with extreme, corrupt, partisan justices who have
restricted voting rights, weakened environmental standards, and taken away
reproductive freedoms. That’s why I’m calling for:

Expanding the Court
By blocking President Obama’s appointment of a Supreme Court justice
almost a year before the end of his term, and forcing through the
confirmation of a different justice during the last weeks of the Trump
Administration, Republicans succeeded in stacking the Supreme Court with
partisan justices determined to repeal reproductive freedom, restrict
voting rights, and weaken environmental standards. We need a court that is
fair, balanced, and represents the interests of the majority of Americans,
one that is committed to protecting our rights and freedoms, not taking
them away. That’s why I am a lead author of the Judiciary Act, a bill that
would increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from 9 to 13,
so that new Justices can be appointed who would restore balance to the
Court.

Instituting Term Limits
Term limits on the Supreme Court will ensure that an entire generation of
Americans will not suffer a further erosion of their freedoms under the
current reactionary and partisan Supreme Court and that no future Senate
Leader can stack the Court the way Mitch McConnell did. That’s why I am
supporting the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement
Modernization (TERM) Act to set reasonable term limits for Supreme Court
justices (18 years) while establishing a better process for Supreme Court
appointments.

Establishing an Enforceable Code of Ethics
Reforming the Supreme Court through an enforceable code of ethics is a
critical step towards restoring the nation’s faith in our justice system
and protecting Americans’ fundamental rights and freedoms. Recent actions
by Supreme Court Justices have seriously called into question the ethics
of the court, and we must take definitive action to restore the court’s
integrity by strengthening the ethics requirements for Justices, and
establishing an enforceable code of ethics for all Justices.

Banning Stock Trading for Judges
We desperately need to bring ethics back to the Supreme Court – and all
our nation’s courts. That’s why I introduced the Justice is BLIND Act – to
effectively stop the active trading of individual stocks by all judges –
and help ensure that federal judges and justices are making decisions
based on the law and not because of any financial interest.

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of these policy proposals will make a meaningful difference in defending
our democracy and strengthening our institutions. I’m proud to share these
policies with you, and I hope you will chip in to my Senate campaign so we
can make them a reality for our country.

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