Working for Idahoans
 

An important part of the great honor of representing Idahoans in the U.S. Senate is keeping folks informed about legislation advancing in Congress. We made significant progress in 2021 on legislation and policy changes that would directly impact Idahoans, including:

I have introduced and advocated for many pieces of legislation and federal policy covering various topics, including:

You can read further details about each of these topics in my recent column, by visiting my website here. I continue to work on these and many other efforts on behalf of the people of our great state as the second half of the 117th Congress begins.

Preserving the Legislative Filibuster & Stopping a Partisan Election Takeover

 

What the Democrats coined a 'voting rights' bill was really just a partisan, political power grab to circumvent and federalize our entire elections process, stripping states of their constitutional authorities to administer elections at the state level.

 

When it became clear they would not meet the 60-vote threshold to pass this partisan legislation, they proposed eliminating the legislative filibuster to pass it with the slimmest majority the United States Senate has ever seen. Eliminating or weakening the legislative filibuster would destroy the intentional design of the Senate to be the world's most deliberative body. Removing the ability to filibuster legislation would reduce the incentive for the Senate to forge broad agreements and force further debate, and would increase divisiveness rather than efficiency. I applaud two of my Democratic colleagues for their unwavering commitment to preserving the tool that provides millions of Americans in the minority party a voice in the Senate.

 

You can watch my remarks before these votes on the Senate floor by clicking here.

 

 

You can also watch a recent news conference on these issues by clicking here.