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HRES 1159 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Voting rights

Calling upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power and reject any efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.

Introduced: September 29, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 29, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls upon all candidates for federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power. It also rejects efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.

What's happening now September 29, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Sep 30, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 29, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Sep 29, 2020
Speier, Jackie
· Sep 29, 2020
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 29, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1159: Calling upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power and reject any efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-1159/
MLA
"H. Res. 1159: Calling upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power and reject any efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-1159/.
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H. Res. 1159, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-1159/.
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[H. Res. 1159: Calling upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power and reject any efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-1159/)
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