Government Accountability and Civil Rights: The For Our Republic Act
For Our Republic Act
A senate committee must act next: committee consideration.
This is a massive bill from one party that significantly limits the power of the president, making it a non-starter in a divided or Republican-controlled Senate.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
The bill rewrites the Insurrection Act to require a presidential proclamation, congressional approval within 7 days, and judicial review before troops can be deployed domestically. It bars National Guard members on training status from law enforcement and requires troops doing crowd control to display identifying information. This limits when and how active-duty forces can be used against civilians at home.
“domestic deployment of the Armed Forces for the purposes set forth in this chapter should be a last resort”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Sen. Jeff Merkley unveiled a sweeping package of democracy reforms to rebuild constitutional guardrails. The 'For Our Republic Act' aims to shape the debate ahead of the 2028 election by addressing the erosion of the separation of powers and curbing presidential authority.
The legislation seeks to shore up norms by making it harder for presidents to bestow corrupt pardons, refuse oversight subpoenas, or fire inspectors general. It compares the effort to reforms following the Watergate scandal and includes new rules on emoluments and foreign contacts.
A new bill from Senate Democrats aims to clamp down on the abuse of executive clemency. The measure would clarify that pardon abuse could be considered a bribe under federal law and require recipients to file financial disclosure reports revealing gifts given to the president.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
For Our Republic Act
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