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The Biden administration supported the For the People Act (also known as HR 1) which seeks to expand voting rights, reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders. The bill was passed by the House on March 3, 2021, and is currently in the Senate.
Karine Jean-Pierre and Andrew Bates took actions that were "contrary" to guidance on complying with a law designed to limit how officials engage in elections, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said.
The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law that prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government, [2] except the president and vice president, [3] from engaging in some forms of political activity. It became law on August 2, 1939.
U.S. federal employees are subject to the Hatch Act, a law limiting some political activities to keep the government free from partisan influence. US Navy Secretary violated law on political ...
The Office of the Special Counsel has found a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee’s directive to avoid houses with Trump campaign signs during Hurricane Milton violated Hatch Act ...
The Hatch Act violates the sovereignty of the states and is an unlawful delegation of power. The Hatch Act applies only to "active" political participation, which the employee did not engage in. Nothing in the Act permits the Civil Service Commission to order the removal of a state officer or apply a penalty to a state.
White House domestic policy chief Neera Tanden has been accused of repeatedly violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal government employees from engaging in campaign activity in their ...
Many aspects of the convention have been cited as potential violations of the Hatch Act. On September 3, 2020, Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform wrote a letter to the Office of Special Counsel urging them to launch an investigation of, "multiple, repeated violations" of the Hatch Act committed during the convention.