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HRES 295 116th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Voting rights

Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the…

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Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.

Introduced: April 8, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
May 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Apr 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution reaffirms that voting is a fundamental right of citizenship and declares that allowing immigrants not legally in the country the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of U.S. citizens.


What's happening now May 3, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 8, 2019
King, Steve
· Apr 8, 2019
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Apr 8, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 295: Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-295/
MLA
"H. Res. 295: Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-295/.
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H. Res. 295, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-295/.
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[H. Res. 295: Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-295/)
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