HR 4987 — Democracy Restoration Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors (13)
- Blumenauer, Earl (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Trone, David J. (D, MD-6) — cosponsor
- Porter, Katie (D, CA-47) — cosponsor
- Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (D, MD-2) — cosponsor
- Kim, Andy (D, NJ-S) — cosponsor
- Scott, David (D, GA-13) — cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2023-07-27 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Conditioning Federal Funding on Elections Policies: Options and Considerations for Congress
IF13013· Resources · 2026-04-20Congress has broad authority to regulate many aspects of the administration of federal elections. Members might sometimes wish to influence state or local policy on aspects of election administration for which Congress’s
Connected on the graph
14 typed relationships in the influence graph — 13 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (13)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Trone, David J. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Takano, Mark | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Porter, Katie | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Kim, Andy | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Scott, David | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Blumenauer, Earl | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Hayes, Jahana | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Jayapal, Pramila | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Frost, Maxwell | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Kelly, Robin L. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Cleaver, Emanuel | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | IF13013 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takano, Mark (D, house CA-39) | cosponsor | 12 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Kim, Andy (D, senate NJ) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Blumenauer, Earl (D, house OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Porter, Katie (D, house CA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (D, house MD-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Scott, David (D, house GA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Trone, David J. (D, house MD-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 2,637 | $1,534,295 | $1,534,295 |
| 2 | total wine & more | 0 | $0 | 1 | $406,106 | $406,106 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 311 | $278,972 | $278,972 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 99 | $86,209 | $86,209 |
| 5 | retired | 0 | $0 | 139 | $80,210 | $80,210 |
| 6 | none | 0 | $0 | 62 | $67,845 | $67,845 |
| 7 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 84 | $66,635 | $66,635 |
| 8 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 27 | $62,381 | $62,381 |
| 9 | 3 plus logistics | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 10 | keller anderle scolnick llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 11 | the commerce company | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 12 | astera cancer care | 0 | $0 | 12 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 13 | turbo air inc | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 14 | bluenest development | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,800 | $12,800 |
| 15 | hca florida healthcare | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,800 | $12,800 |
| 16 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 10 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 17 | citrin cooperman | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,750 | $10,750 |
| 18 | buchanan ingersoll & rooney | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 19 | rebecca westerfield | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 20 | the orchard | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 21 | deloitte | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 22 | the baupost group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 23 | mbk partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 24 | evercore isi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 25 | lasalle asset mgmt. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
9 predicted yes (2%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 254 unknown (46%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 9 yes / 0 no / 254 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
9 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Kim, Andy (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
- Scott, David (D · house · GA-13) · cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D · house · CA-39) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report IF13013 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Trone, David J. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Blumenauer, Earl (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Scott, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Porter, Katie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Takano, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kim, Andy (cosponsor) · sponsorship