HR 4 Gives Federal Bureaucrats Control Over State Election Laws, Expert Says
b"The House Rules Committee voted Monday on rules governing debate on election legislation known as HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The controversial bill now goes to the House for a vote.\\xa0\\nAfter Democrats failed to pass HR 1, a partisan piece of election law, they crafted HR 4, which Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky says is a danger to states' election rights.\\xa0(The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)\\nHR 4 \\u201cgives federal bureaucrats control over all these state [election] rules all over the country,\\u201d says von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission. \\u201cIt is an unbelievable invasion of state sovereignty.\\u201d\\xa0\\nThe bill is likely to pass along party lines in the House, but faces a battle in the evenly divided Senate, he says.\\xa0\\nVon Spakovsky joins \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to explain why the left is advocating for federal control of elections, and how HR 4 would affect the nation if it were to become law.\\xa0\\nWe also cover these stories:\\n\\nThe Food and Drug Administration formally approves the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.\\n\\nThe Pentagon plans to mandate that all U.S. military personnel be vaccinated.\\n\\nMonday was Andrew Cuomo's last day serving as governor of New York.\\n\\nEnjoy the show!\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."