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Jamaal Bowman: The reason why they don’t support HR-1 is not just the voting rights piece, that’s a big piece and it’s very important…

On the recordJune 6, 2021
The reason why they don’t support HR-1 is not just the voting rights piece, that’s a big piece and it’s very important, and we want to past it retroactively so we can supersede what’s happening at the state level. But HR-1 also gets big money out of politics and pushes through publicly financed elections.
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Jamaal Bowman
Democratic · New York
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Bowman explains the significance of HR-1 in combating corporate influence in politics.

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