Voter alert: our districtâs Republican congressman, Guy Reschenthaler, recently crossed the aisle to support legislation championed by the speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi!
Reschenthaler, a regular on Republican cable news outlets where he lays waste to the radical socialist agenda of the Democrat Party, threw in with the San Francisco liberal in February on a bill awarding Congressional Gold Medals to police officers who âprotectedâ the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
To make matters worse, the queen of confrontation, California congresswoman Maxine Waters, had a hand in the legislation which Reschenthaler helped to pass. The bill cleared the House after Waters, who stands accused by conservative critics of all kinds of nefarious actions, moved to suspend the rules â suspend the rules! mind you â in order to pass the bill unamended.
ALBANY â State lawmakers are considering legislation that would automatically seal and expunge most criminal convictions under the proposed Clean Slate Act.
The bill would include a two-step process that would first automatically seal certain traffic infractions and misdemeanors after one year and three years after a felony conviction, as long as the individual is not on probation or parole or is required to register as a sex offender. The conviction record would later be automatically expunged.
A virtual press conference was held Thursday prior to a public hearing of the state Senateâs Standing Committee on Codes to push for passage of the bill.
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STATEMENT: CAP Applauds the Senate and House Reintroductions of the Bipartisan Clean Slate Act
Date: April 30, 2021
Contact: Julia Cusick
Washington, D.C. This week, in conjunction with Second Chance Month, the bipartisan Clean Slate Act was reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, marking an important step toward removing barriers that prevent the 1 in 3 U.S. adults with criminal records from obtaining jobs, housing, and education. The bill would create the first broadly available relief for people facing employment and housing barriers due to federal criminal records, which generally require a pardon to clear from one’s criminal history. It would also establish automatic sealing for low-level drug convictions. The Clean Slate Act is sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt-Rochester (D-DE) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) in the House and Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in the Senate.