House goes after Trump with bill to curb presidential abuses of power
By Cristina Marcos - 12/09/21 05:02 PM EST
The House passed a sweeping legislative package on Thursday designed to guard against abuses of presidential powers as part of a package of reforms put forth by Democrats in the wake of former President Trump’s White House tenure.
The legislation, titled the Protecting our Democracy Act, passed almost entirely along party lines by a vote of 220-208. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who has been critical of his party’s continued embrace of Trump, was the only Republican to vote to pass it, with all Democrats in support.
Passage of the bill came as President Biden convened global leaders on Thursday to pledge new commitments to democracy at a time when traditional democratic traditions in the U.S. have faced unprecedented threats in recent years.
The legislation proposes statutory reforms in response to Trump’s refusal to concede that Biden won the 2020 election; the blanket stonewalling by Trump officials in response to House Democrats’ subpoenas; Trump issuing pardons to his political allies; and repeated violations of a law prohibiting government officials from using their positions to engage in political activities. Democrats compared the legislative package to the campaign finance and ethics reforms made in the aftermath of the Nixon administration.
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