HR 4 ‘Gives Federal Bureaucrats Control’ Over State Election Laws, Expert Says
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🗓️ 24 August 2021
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Summary
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.
After 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. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)
HR 4 “gives federal bureaucrats control over all these state [election] rules all over the country,” says von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission. “It is an unbelievable invasion of state sovereignty.”
The bill is likely to pass along party lines in the House, but faces a battle in the evenly divided Senate, he says.
Von Spakovsky joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” 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.
We also cover these stories:
- The Food and Drug Administration formally approves the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
- The Pentagon plans to mandate that all U.S. military personnel be vaccinated.
- Monday was Andrew Cuomo's last day serving as governor of New York.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, August 24. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Kay Trinco. |
| 0:11.2 | And I'm Virginia Allen. |
| 0:12.8 | The left is working to pass new voting legislation that would give more power to Washington to |
| 0:17.8 | control election laws. |
| 0:19.8 | Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakowski joins the show to break down |
| 0:25.1 | what HR4 is and how it would affect elections in your state. |
| 0:29.8 | He also explains the difference between HR4 and the partisan election legislation known |
| 0:35.3 | as HR1 or the For the People Act. |
| 0:39.0 | And don't forget, if you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star |
| 0:43.8 | rating on Apple podcasts and please encourage others to subscribe. |
| 0:48.6 | And now onto today's top news. |
| 0:59.8 | The Food and Drug Administration, months after greenlighting COVID vaccines, under Emergency |
| 1:05.5 | Use Authorization, has formally approved the Pfizer vaccine, which will now be referred |
| 1:11.8 | to as Comanity. |
| 1:14.0 | The approval applies to the vaccine when distributed to those 16 or older. |
| 1:19.0 | For those age 12 to 15, it remains under Emergency Use Authorization. |
| 1:25.0 | Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, a doctor, said in a statement, while this and |
| 1:31.0 | other vaccines have met the FDA's rigorous scientific standards for Emergency Use Authorization. |
| 1:38.0 | As the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, the public can be very confident that this vaccine |
| 1:44.7 | meets the highest standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality. |
| 1:50.4 | The FDA requires of an approved product. |
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