Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration ... To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

May 22, 2025 - The One, Big, Beautiful Bill has PASSED the House of Representatives — without a single Democrat voting to cut taxes, secure the border, or protect

Summary of S.2747 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Freedom to Vote Act

November 3, 2022 - June 27, 2019 – The House passes election security legislation, the Securing America's Federal Elections (SAFE) Act (H.R. 2722), to upgrade voting systems and protect our elections against foreign interference. Despite Republican insistence that they care about election security, only 1 ...

2 days ago - But after a bitter internal debate and under pressure to avoid another government shutdown, seven House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans on Thursday to approve the final tranche of annual spending bills, including the contested Department of Homeland Security measure, sending the package to the Senate as Congress races to keep the government open past Jan. 30. The 220 to 207 vote came even as House Democratic leaders and many rank-and-file lawmakers said the bill did too little to restrain Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a moment when the agency is facing a wave of public backlash over its aggressive tactics and its role in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

May 7, 2021 - Bills passed unanimously in June in July would make it a federal crime to hack any voting systems used in a federal election and to make it a violation of immigration law to interfere. That means violators would be barred from obtaining a visa to the United States. ... These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal.

July 25, 2019 - "It's so partisan that it received one—just one—Republican vote over in the House. Clearly, this request is not a serious effort to make a law," McConnell continued. "It's very important that we maintain the integrity and security of elections in our country." Schumer suggested that McConnell bring a different elections security bill to the floor for debate. McConnell did not respond. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal's move to force a vote on a separate elections security bill, the Duty To Report Act, which would require candidates, campaign officials and their family members to notify the FBI and the Federal Election Commission within 24 hours if they receive or are offered foreign contributions, was also blocked by McConnell.

July 1, 2025 - The One Big Beautiful Bill just PASSED the U.S. Senate, moving the landmark legislation one step closer to President Donald J. Trump’s desk — and once again, it was done without the support of a single Democrat.

citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence. The bill establishes certain federal criminal offenses related to voting. In particular, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for conduct (or attempted conduct) to corruptly hinder, interfere with, or prevent another person from registering to vote or helping someone register to vote. Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including by requiring states to conduct post-election audits for federal elections.

November 29, 2025 - It found that the argument that the bill "stops billionaires from buying elections" was particularly resonant with the public and conservatives should avoid publicly debating it, but instead attempt to stop the bill with legislative maneuvers such as the filibuster. In January 2019, the bill passed the Democratic-majority House of Representatives on a party-line vote, but was killed in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Text for H.R.2660 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Election Security Act of 2019

April 10, 2025 - This marks Republicans' second attempt at passing the SAVE Act. It passed the House last year but failed in the Senate amid Democratic opposition. It's unlikely to fare any better this year.

October 23, 2019 - Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) went to the floor before Wednesday’s House vote to try to pass the Senate version, which has more than a dozen Democratic co-sponsors. Klobuchar was blocked in that effort by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), marking the second day in a row Senate Democrats were thwarted by Republicans in their efforts to pass election security legislation. The attempts by Senate Democrats to pass election security bills follows similar efforts in July, when Republicans blocked Democrats from passing legislation on the same day former special counsel Robert Mueller testified that Russian actors were attempting to interfere in the U.S.

December 13, 2019 - No Democrats voted against it. With just over 200 days until the New Hampshire primary for the 2020 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans, who agree that enhanced elections security is necessary, are still far apart on how to legislate and implement changes to current systems. The measure, known as the Securing America’s Federal Elections Act, passed Thursday would authorize $600 million for states to bolster election security.

In the wake of that damaging pullback, election officials are now bracing for Congress to vote on the SAVE Act — an anti-voter bill that threatens the thousands of administrators running our elections.

This week, House Republicans reintroduced a bill dubbed the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act. It was first introduced in 2022 as a purported alternative to the landmark, pro-voter Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which came very ...

September 9, 2025 - HR 8281’s passage also comes one day after former President Donald Trump threatened to imprison those working to support local election officials in lieu of adequate federal funding.

February 11, 2020 - Senator Wyden (D-OR) asked unanimous consent that the Senate pass the SAFE Act, legislation to help safeguard elections from foreign interference. Senator Blackburn (R-TN) objected without explanation.

1 week ago - Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7006, the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, with a vote of 341 to 79. This package of bills makes targeted Fiscal Year 2026 ...