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</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 25, 2021</font></span></div><div class="lbexHang" style="text-indent: -2em;"><p class="lbexHangSmalllWithMargin" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 2em; text-indent: -2em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Whitehouse</span> (for himself, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Wyden</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Schumer</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Van Hollen</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Leahy</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Feinstein</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Murray</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Durbin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Reed</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Carper</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Stabenow</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Cantwell</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Menendez</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Cardin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Sanders</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Brown</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Casey</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Klobuchar</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Tester</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Shaheen</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Warner</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Merkley</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Bennet</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Gillibrand</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Coons</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Blumenthal</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Schatz</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Baldwin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Murphy</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Hirono</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Heinrich</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">King</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Kaine</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Warren</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Markey</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Booker</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Peters</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Duckworth</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Hassan</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Cortez Masto</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Smith</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Rosen</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Luján</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Hickenlooper</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Padilla</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Ossoff</span>, and Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps;">Warnock</span>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration</font></p></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">cospnsors</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/443/cosponsors</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">2 indep bernie and angus king</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table class="item_table" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 824.1px;"><tbody><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Wyden, Ron" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ron-wyden/W000779" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Wyden, Ron [D-OR]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Schumer, Charles" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/charles-schumer/S000148" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen<b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]</b></font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Van Hollen, Chris" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/chris-van-hollen/V000128" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Leahy, Patrick" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/patrick-leahy/L000174" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Feinstein, Dianne" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/dianne-feinstein/F000062" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b>Feinstein, Dianne </b>[D-CA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Murray, Patty" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/patty-murray/M001111" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Durbin, Richard" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/richard-durbin/D000563" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Reed, John" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/john-reed/R000122" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Carper, Thomas" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-carper/C000174" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Stabenow, Debbie" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/debbie-stabenow/S000770" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Cantwell, Maria" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/maria-cantwell/C000127" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Menendez, Robert" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/robert-menendez/M000639" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Cardin, Ben" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ben-cardin/C000141" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Sanders, Bernard" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bernard-sanders/S000033" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> Sanders, Bernard</span> [I-VT]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Brown, Sherrod" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/sherrod-brown/B000944" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Brown, Sherrod [</b>D-OH]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Casey, Bob" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bob-casey/C001070" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Klobuchar, Amy" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/amy-klobuchar/K000367" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Tester, Jon" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jon-tester/T000464" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Shaheen, Jeanne" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jeanne-shaheen/S001181" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen.<b> Shaheen, Jeanne [</b>D-NH]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Warner, Mark" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mark-warner/W000805" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Merkley, Jeff" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-merkley/M001176" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]</span></font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Bennet, Michael" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/michael-bennet/B001267" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sen. Bennet, Michael F.</span> [D-CO]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Gillibrand, Kirsten" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kirsten-gillibrand/G000555" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Coons, Christopher" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Blumenthal, Richard" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/richard-blumenthal/B001277" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Schatz, Brian" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/brian-schatz/S001194" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Baldwin, Tammy" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tammy-baldwin/B001230" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Murphy, Christopher" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-murphy/M001169" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Hirono, Mazie" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mazie-hirono/H001042" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Heinrich, Martin" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/martin-heinrich/H001046" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="King, Angus" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/angus-king/K000383" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Kaine, Timothy" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/timothy-kaine/K000384" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Warren, Elizabeth" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/elizabeth-warren/W000817" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b>Warren, Elizabeth [</b>D-MA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Markey, Edward" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/edward-markey/M000133" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b>Markey, Edward </b>J. [D-MA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Booker, Cory" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/cory-booker/B001288" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b>Booker, Cory </b>A. [D-NJ]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Peters, Gary" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/gary-peters/P000595" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Duckworth, Tammy" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tammy-duckworth/D000622" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Hassan, Maggie" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/maggie-hassan/H001076" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Cortez Masto, Catherine" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/catherine-cortez-masto/C001113" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Smith, Tina" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tina-smith/S001203" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Rosen, Jacklyn" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jacklyn-rosen/R000608" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Lujan, Ben" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ben-lujan/L000570" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Hickenlooper, John" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/john-hickenlooper/H000273" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Padilla, Alex" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/alex-padilla/P000145" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Padilla, Alex </b>[D-CA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Ossoff, Jon" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jon-ossoff/O000174" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Warnock, Raphael" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/raphael-warnock/W000790" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2021-02-25" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">02/25/2021</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Manchin, Joseph" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/joseph-manchin/M001183" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Manchin, Joe,</b> III [D-WV]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2022-05-05" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>05/05/2022</b></font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Kelly, Mark" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mark-kelly/K000377" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2022-05-05" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">05/05/2022</font></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;"><td class="actions" data-text="Sinema, Kyrsten" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top;"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kyrsten-sinema/S001191" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sen. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Sinema, Kyrsten</span> [D-AZ]</font></a></td><td class="date" data-text="2022-07-21" style="padding: 12px 10px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">0<b>7/21/2022</b></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><div style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=
</font><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">an comm dr</font></div><div style=""><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><b style=""><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Proponents of democracy responded with disgust Thursday after </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Senate Republicans filibustered the <a href="https://ecuactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ECU-PPP-National-Poll-Memo-8.12.21.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">popular</a> DISCLOSE Act,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> which seeks to expose the super-wealthy donors who are spending unlimited amounts of undisclosed money to ensure that the U.S. government advances their interests at the expense of the vast majority.</span></font></b></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>As Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)</b>, author of the defeated legislation, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1572688856188690432" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">said</a> in a Wednesday floor speech, the bill's goal is to prevent corporations and billionaires from using dark money loopholes to "spew bile and slime" into the nation's political system.</font></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>After all 49 of his GOP colleagues in attendance <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00346.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">voted to prevent debate</a> on the legislation <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/20/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-disclose-act/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">endorsed</a> by President Joe Biden</b>, Whitehouse released a statement slamming right-wing lawmakers fo<b>r fighting to preserve "dark money's poisonous influence over American democracy."</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"Today, Senate Republicans stood in lockstep with their megadonors and secretive special interests to protect the most corrupting force in American politics—dark money,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">" said Whitehouse, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The American people are fed up with dark money influence campaigns that rig their government against them and stymie their priorities."</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Whitehouse was far from alone in condemning the GOP.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Once again, Senate Republicans sided with special interests and dark money—and against honest and transparent political debate,"<b> Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash</b>.) <a href="https://twitter.com/PattyMurray/status/1572985258395459584" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">tweeted</a>. "Instead of voting for the DISCLOSE Act and cracking down on the dark money in our democracy, Republicans blocked it. Shameful."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Michael Sozan, a senior fellow at the <b>Center for American Progress,</b> said in a statement that "at a time when the guardrails of our democracy are undergoing a severe stress test, it's lamentable that the Senate minority continues to give corporations, wealthy special interests, and foreign entities the ability to secretly spend vast amounts of money to influence election outcomes."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Trevor Potter, president of Campaign Legal Center</b>, added that the failure "to advance, or even allow debate on, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act... disappoints those of us who have been fighting against the influence of secret spending."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"More importantly," he continued, "it deprives voters of important information about who is attempting to influence their vote and allows corruption to prevail by permitting special interests to continue anonymously rigging the system in their favor."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"It is past time for Congress to enact legislation that bolsters transparency requirements and fulfills voters' right to know who is spending on election influence—a right that has repeatedly been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, even as the court has struck down other campaign finance and election-related laws," said Potter.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The ability of the nation's wealthiest individuals to translate their disproportionate economic power into political clout has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/18/just-27-billionaires-have-spent-90-million-buy-gop-congress-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">increased exponentially</a> since the Supreme Court's 2010<b style=""> Citizens United</b> decision <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/15/study-confirms-how-citizens-united-made-mockery-campaign-finance-rules" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">eliminated</a> effective limits on campaign contributions.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As Whitehouse's office noted, "Dark money in particular has skyrocketed despite the Supreme Court, by an 8 to 1 margin in<b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Citizens United, </b>upholding disclosure requirements as a means for citizens and shareholders to hold elected officials and corporate spenders accountable."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to the Rhode Island Democrat, <b>"</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><b>Dark money political spending went from under $5 million in 2006 to more than $1 billion in 2020. </b>Billionaire political spending increased by a factor of 70, from $17 million for the 2008 election to $1.2 billion for 2020."</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Among other things, the DISCLOSE Act would require "organizations spending money in elections—including super PACs and 501(c)(4) dark money groups—to promptly <b>disclose</b> donors who have given $10,000 or more during an election cycle," his office explained. "In addition to election disclosure requirements, the bill requires groups that spend money on ads supporting or opposing<b> judicial nominees</b> to disclose their donors."</font></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">[twt kickass]</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"The DISCLOSE Act would shine a light on special interest spending to neutralize its toxic effect, giving Americans' voices a chance to be heard," said Whitehouse. "Republicans heeded the wishes of dark money donors today, but the fight to pass this bill isn't over."</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><b style=""><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Given the GOP's unified opposition to the legislation, passing it r</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">equires that Senate Democrats abolish the upper chamber's 60-vote filibuster rule—a move corporate Democrats like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have refused to support.</span></font></b></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Holding a vote on the DISCLOSE Act without pushing to end the filibuster highlights the fundamental flaw with Democrats in Washington: Their rhetoric and warnings about dark money have always been spot-on, but they have failed to take the actions necessary to actually stop the flow of secret cash distorting and corrupting American politics," The Lever <a href="https://www.levernews.com/how-democrats-could-actually-end-dark-money/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">reported</a> earlier this week. <b>"Meanwhile, the party has become increasingly reliant on these same dark pools of cash to help elect more Democratic lawmakers."</b></font></p><div style=""><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 6 22 kickass</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On September 2020, a dark-money group called the Rule of Law Defense Fund convened a meeting in Atlanta of staffers from the fund's corporate sibling, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). Their purpose was to run "war games," to be ready in the event Donald Trump lost reelection in November. A little over three months later, the same group would help to assemble the mob before the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This wasn't an isolated incident. Shadowy preparations like these began long before the violence of Jan. 6. As the House Select Committee investigating those events begins hearings this week, we may learn much more about those preparations and the people behind them.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But it will be difficult to see the full picture, because much of the preparation is shrouded in dark-money secrecy, with funds channeled through front groups that don't have to disclose who controls them.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For now, we're left with mysteries, like Georgia. It was Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger whom Trump <a href="https://www.salon.com/2021/02/09/georgia-investigating-trump-call-pressuring-secretary-of-state-to-find-votes-overturn-election/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">personally pressured to "find" the 11,779 votes</a> necessary to flip the state in Trump's favor. Georgia was ground zero for some of Trump's lawyers' most <a href="https://www.salon.com/2021/08/10/dominion-hits-back-at-pro-trump-outlets-files-lawsuits-against-newsmax-and-oan-for-election-lies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">desperate and ridiculous legal claims</a> about the election results — like the "Kraken" suit alleging a role by the deceased Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez in rigging Dominion voting machines. Georgia is where the Rule of Law Defense Fund hatched its scheme. Georgia also saw efforts to create an alternative slate of Trump electors.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Then came the attempt to wield the power of the Justice Department to attack Georgia's election results.</b> For this mission, <a href="https://www.salon.com/2021/08/06/doj-notes-revealed-trumps-coup-was-longer-in-the-making-than-we-thought/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">someone cranked up Jeffrey Clark</a>, a relative unknown who was acting chief of the Department's Civil Division as a result of pre-election DOJ vacancies. Clark prepared a draft letter alleging, falsely, that the department was investigating accusations of voter fraud in Georgia. Of course, we don't know if Clark actually wrote that letter himself; he had no expertise in this area, and evidence suggests the White House communications office was involved. Either way, on New Year's Eve 2020, Trump tried to install Clark as acting attorney general, until then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his deputies threatened mass resignation.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">As the Georgia maneuvers foundered, the effort shifted to Washington. The Rule of Law Defense Fund — the same group convened in Atlanta months earlier — made robocalls hours before Jan. 6 urging followers to "march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal." President Trump whipped up insurrectionists at the rally and sent them down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Violence ensued.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">In the aftermath, many of these actors were quick to close ranks. RAGA's leader, <b>Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall,</b> claims to have had no knowledge of the robocall, but he also refuses — to this day — to admit that Joe Biden is the "duly elected and lawfully serving" president of the United States. <b>At the end of the Trump administration, Clark landed a job at a right-wing dark money group.</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Given the anonymity dark money affords, we likely cannot connect all the dots between these dark-money groups, Trump's Georgia obsession and the Jan. 6 riots. We don't know who paid for the planning of the Rule of Law Defense Fund's "war games"; <b>we don't know how Jeffrey Clark nearly vaulted into the attorney general's office to attack Georgia's election results, where his letter came from or who paid his salary when he was gone</b>; we don't know who was behind groups like Women for America First, which footed much of the bill for the Jan. 6 rally.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Successful investigations often "follow the money." But when the money flows through anonymizing channels, investigators hit impenetrable dead ends. The select committee must rely instead on texts, emails, testimony and other documents to make its case. It doesn't have to be this way. Our political system doesn't need to aid and abet the destruction of our democracy.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>For starters, we could enforce the rules on the books. Groups like the Rule of Law Defense Fund and Women for America First are 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations.</b> As such, they do not have to disclose their donors, but they are also not allowed to spend more than half their funds on political activity. Is anyone checking compliance with those rules?</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Spending reports from 501(c)(4) groups to the IRS can differ markedly from what they report to the Federal Elections Commission.</b> Filing conflicting reports to two federal agencies meets the prima facie definition of a criminal false statement. There is adequate predication for the Treasury Department, the FEC and the Department of Justice to take a look. Have they?</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Although dark-money groups can hide their influence apparatus from the IRS and the public, nothing says that grand juries can't get access to that information</b>. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In the Watergate investigation, courts decided that even executive privilege had to yield to grand jury investigative subpoenas. But investigators won't get what they don't ask for — or don't subpoena.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">The strongest solution is to require disclosure of who spends to influence our politics. </span><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">My DISCLOSE Act </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">would require groups that spend money in elections — including super PACs and 501(c)(4) dark-money groups — to disclose donors who gave $10,000 or more during an election cycle</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Pass this law and the American people might find out who funded the Jan. 6 insurrection.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The dark channels of influence that have corrupted our politics for years were used to plan and execute the Jan. 6 coup attempt. The American people ought to know who the planners are and what they wanted — and we ought to help them find out.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p></div></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div></div>