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HRES 542 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation State and local government operations Voting rights

Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate…

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Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities across the country.

Introduced: February 8, 2012 Introduced by: Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic · Missouri See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 16, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 8, 2012
Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

For the People Voter Protection Initiative - Condemns the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American's ability to register and vote.

Opposes any state election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities across the country.

What's happening now February 16, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 15
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 8, 2012
PAYNE, DONALD
· Feb 8, 2012
Richmond, Cedric
· Feb 8, 2012
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 8, 2012
WATT, MELVIN
· Feb 8, 2012
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 8, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 542: Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities across the country.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-542/
MLA
"H. Res. 542: Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities across the country.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-542/.
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H. Res. 542, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-542/.
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[H. Res. 542: Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or proposed legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities across the country.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-542/)
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