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July 30, 2020
Whitehouse Statement on Trump Floating Delay of 2020 Election
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 30, 2020
Reed Shoots Down Trump's Suggestion to Delay 2020 Election
Sen. Jack Reed
July 27, 2020
Letter to Chairman Lindsey Graham - Leahy Leads Judiciary Committee Democrats In Pressing Chairman Graham For Committee Action On The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 22, 2020
Senators Encourage Supreme Court to Take up Challenge to Super PACs
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 26, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the US Department of Defense, the Hon. John Ratcliffe, Director of the Office of National Intelligence, the Hon. Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Paul M. Nakasone, Commander of US Cyber Command, and the Hon. Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security - Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Intelligence Agencies to Take Further Action to Combat Disinformation Campaigns Aimed at Disenfranchising Voters
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 22, 2020
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call for $3.6 Billion to Expand Vote-By-Mail, Early Voting in CARES 2 Relief Package
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 12, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States - Senate Democrats Call on EU to Sanction "Putin's Chef" citing Concerns about Russian Meddling in 2020 Election
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 10, 2020
Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 15, 2020
Letter to Pat Cipollone, Counsel to the President - Bennet, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Immediately Fill Vacancies at the Federal Election Commission
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Senators Warn IRS against Weakening Dark Money Reporting
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Feinstein, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge IRS to Reverse Decision Protecting Dark Money
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
The Boston Globe - Climate change and dark money
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 30, 2019
Cortez Masto cosponsors Constitutional Amendment to reverse Citizens United, get big money out of public elections
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 25, 2019
Cortez Masto cosponsors legislation to protect elections from foreign interference
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 18, 2019
Senate Unanimously Passes Whitehouse, Blumenthal, & Graham Bill to Prevent Cyberattacks on Voting Machines
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 28, 2019
Foreign Election Interference
Sen. Jack Reed
June 28, 2019
Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Hirono File Brief in Key Challenge to Unlimited Super Pac Spending in Elections
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 28, 2019
Reed: Instead of Joking About Russian Interference in U.S. Elections, Trump Must Start Taking It Seriously
Sen. Jack Reed
June 14, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Modernize Voting Systems and Protect Against Electoral Interference
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May 16, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Whitehouse, Blumenthal, & Graham Bill to Prevent Cyberattacks on Voting Machines
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May 14, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Strengthen Election Interference Law
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May 8, 2019
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senate Judiciary Democrats Renew Call for Mueller Hearing
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April 24, 2019
Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Tester File Brief in Major Campaign Finance Challenge
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April 19, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Redacted Mueller Report
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
April 11, 2019
Whitehouse Introduces Disclose Act to Restore Americans' Trust in Democracy
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
March 27, 2019
Letter to Philip Braithwaite, President and CEO of Hart InterCivic, Inc., Tom Burt, President and CEO of Election Systems & Software, LLC, and John Poulos, President and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems - Ranking Members Klobuchar, Warner, Reed, and Peters Press Election Equipment Manufacturers on Security
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March 4, 2019
Letter to Chairman Ellen L. Weirntraup - Senator Tester Demands Federal Election Commission Require Identify the Source for Online Political Ads
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2019
Gillibrand Leads Group Of 9 Senators To Reintroduce Voter Empowerment Act To Help Protect The Voting Rights Of People Across The Country And Ensure All Americans Have Equal Access To The Ballot
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2019
Reed Seeks to Update and Advance the Voting Rights Act
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 24, 2019
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 17, 2019
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Tom Reed (R-NY)
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 10, 2019
Cloture Motion
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 19, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 7, 2018
Following Washington Post Report, Senators Reiterate Calls for Full Disclosure of Trump-Saudi Business Ties
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 11, 2018
Letter to The Honorable Caroline C. Hunter, Chair, and The Honorable Ellen Weintraub, Vice-Chair of Federal Election Commission - Senators Call out NRA for Using Shell Corporation to Duck Campaign Finance Law
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 10, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 28, 2018
Misinformation
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 15, 2018
Letter to Ms. Kay James, President of the Heritage Foundation - Disclose Donors
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 1, 2018
Senate Republicans Block Election Security Aid to States
Sen. Jack Reed
July 31, 2018
Graham, Whitehouse, Blumenthal Introduce Bills To Prevent Hostile Nations From Undermining American Democracy
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 27, 2018
Tester Leads 26 Senators to Hold Washington Accountable and Increase Transparency in Elections
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 26, 2018
Letter to Mr. Pete Brownell, President and CEO at Brownells, Inc. - Answer Questions Pertaining to Trip to Moscow
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Hold Hearings on NRA Role in 2016 Election Interference
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 24, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Rod J. Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Honorable Lee J. Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration for the U.S. Department of Justice - Senators Press DOJ on New Criminal Division Head's Ethics Agreements, Recusals
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 21, 2018
Reed Statement on Trump Campaign Guilty Pleas & Convictions
Sen. Jack Reed
July 19, 2018
Whitehouse Signals Opposition to Rettig Nomination
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 19, 2018
U.S. Senate Votes 98-0 to Tell Trump Not to Hand Over American Citizens to Putin
Sen. Jack Reed
July 18, 2018
Reed Rebukes Trump White House for Undercutting U.S. Intelligence & Contemplating a Terrible Deal to Sell Out U.S. Citizens
Sen. Jack Reed
July 17, 2018
Reed Statement on Trump's Attempt to Backtrack from Comments at Putin Press Conference
Sen. Jack Reed
Date
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Politician
July 30, 2020
Whitehouse Statement on Trump Floating Delay of 2020 Election
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 30, 2020
Reed Shoots Down Trump's Suggestion to Delay 2020 Election
Sen.Jack Reed
July 27, 2020
Letter to Chairman Lindsey Graham - Leahy Leads Judiciary Committee Democrats In Pressing Chairman Graham For Committee Action On The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 22, 2020
Senators Encourage Supreme Court to Take up Challenge to Super PACs
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 26, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the US Department of Defense, the Hon. John Ratcliffe, Director of the Office of National Intelligence, the Hon. Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Paul M. Nakasone, Commander of US Cyber Command, and the Hon. Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security - Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Intelligence Agencies to Take Further Action to Combat Disinformation Campaigns Aimed at Disenfranchising Voters
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 22, 2020
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call for $3.6 Billion to Expand Vote-By-Mail, Early Voting in CARES 2 Relief Package
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 12, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States - Senate Democrats Call on EU to Sanction "Putin's Chef" citing Concerns about Russian Meddling in 2020 Election
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 10, 2020
Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 15, 2020
Letter to Pat Cipollone, Counsel to the President - Bennet, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Immediately Fill Vacancies at the Federal Election Commission
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Senators Warn IRS against Weakening Dark Money Reporting
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Feinstein, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge IRS to Reverse Decision Protecting Dark Money
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
The Boston Globe - Climate change and dark money
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 30, 2019
Cortez Masto cosponsors Constitutional Amendment to reverse Citizens United, get big money out of public elections
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 25, 2019
Cortez Masto cosponsors legislation to protect elections from foreign interference
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 18, 2019
Senate Unanimously Passes Whitehouse, Blumenthal, & Graham Bill to Prevent Cyberattacks on Voting Machines
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 28, 2019
Foreign Election Interference
Sen.Jack Reed
June 28, 2019
Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Hirono File Brief in Key Challenge to Unlimited Super Pac Spending in Elections
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 28, 2019
Reed: Instead of Joking About Russian Interference in U.S. Elections, Trump Must Start Taking It Seriously
Sen.Jack Reed
June 14, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Modernize Voting Systems and Protect Against Electoral Interference
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 16, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Whitehouse, Blumenthal, & Graham Bill to Prevent Cyberattacks on Voting Machines
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 14, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Strengthen Election Interference Law
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 8, 2019
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senate Judiciary Democrats Renew Call for Mueller Hearing
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 24, 2019
Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Tester File Brief in Major Campaign Finance Challenge
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 19, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Redacted Mueller Report
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
April 11, 2019
Whitehouse Introduces Disclose Act to Restore Americans' Trust in Democracy
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
March 27, 2019
Letter to Philip Braithwaite, President and CEO of Hart InterCivic, Inc., Tom Burt, President and CEO of Election Systems & Software, LLC, and John Poulos, President and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems - Ranking Members Klobuchar, Warner, Reed, and Peters Press Election Equipment Manufacturers on Security
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 4, 2019
Letter to Chairman Ellen L. Weirntraup - Senator Tester Demands Federal Election Commission Require Identify the Source for Online Political Ads
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2019
Gillibrand Leads Group Of 9 Senators To Reintroduce Voter Empowerment Act To Help Protect The Voting Rights Of People Across The Country And Ensure All Americans Have Equal Access To The Ballot
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2019
Reed Seeks to Update and Advance the Voting Rights Act
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 24, 2019
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 17, 2019
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Tom Reed (R-NY)
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 10, 2019
Cloture Motion
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 19, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 7, 2018
Following Washington Post Report, Senators Reiterate Calls for Full Disclosure of Trump-Saudi Business Ties
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 11, 2018
Letter to The Honorable Caroline C. Hunter, Chair, and The Honorable Ellen Weintraub, Vice-Chair of Federal Election Commission - Senators Call out NRA for Using Shell Corporation to Duck Campaign Finance Law
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 10, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 28, 2018
Misinformation
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 15, 2018
Letter to Ms. Kay James, President of the Heritage Foundation - Disclose Donors
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 1, 2018
Senate Republicans Block Election Security Aid to States
Sen.Jack Reed
July 31, 2018
Graham, Whitehouse, Blumenthal Introduce Bills To Prevent Hostile Nations From Undermining American Democracy
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 27, 2018
Tester Leads 26 Senators to Hold Washington Accountable and Increase Transparency in Elections
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 26, 2018
Letter to Mr. Pete Brownell, President and CEO at Brownells, Inc. - Answer Questions Pertaining to Trip to Moscow
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Hold Hearings on NRA Role in 2016 Election Interference
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 24, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Rod J. Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Honorable Lee J. Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration for the U.S. Department of Justice - Senators Press DOJ on New Criminal Division Head's Ethics Agreements, Recusals
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 21, 2018
Reed Statement on Trump Campaign Guilty Pleas & Convictions
Sen.Jack Reed
July 19, 2018
Whitehouse Signals Opposition to Rettig Nomination
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 19, 2018
U.S. Senate Votes 98-0 to Tell Trump Not to Hand Over American Citizens to Putin
Sen.Jack Reed
July 18, 2018
Reed Rebukes Trump White House for Undercutting U.S. Intelligence & Contemplating a Terrible Deal to Sell Out U.S. Citizens
Sen.Jack Reed
July 17, 2018
Reed Statement on Trump's Attempt to Backtrack from Comments at Putin Press Conference
Sen.Jack Reed
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