Friend,
Every day Trump is in office, the abuses grow bolder. Oversight is defied. Allies skate free. Federal agencies bend to his will.
Congress knows it. The press knows it. We all know it.
The Protecting Our Democracy Act (PODA) has been reintroduced because we cannot keep looking the other way while the abuses escalate.
This bill was written to close loopholes that make corruption possible. It draws hard lines where “norms” have failed:
- Strengthening Congress’ power to investigate and enforce oversight
- Blocking corrupt pardons and financial self-dealing
- Protecting whistleblowers who expose abuse
- Banning campaigns from seeking or accepting foreign assistance
Add your name: Demand action on PODA >>
None of this should be controversial. These are baseline protections for any functioning democracy. Yet every day without action, presidential power expands further – unchecked by the Republican-controlled Congress – and the damage spreads. The longer it goes unchecked, the harder it becomes to repair.
PODA isn’t new. It passed the House in 2021 with bipartisan support, proof that even then lawmakers understood the urgency. But the bill stalled in the Senate – and today, the need for it is even more urgent.
We know one bill won’t solve everything. But refusing to act at all would send a dangerous message: that corruption, abuse, and unchecked power are now business as usual. That cannot stand.
Congress has been forced to act before – after Watergate, when a corrupt presidency collided with a public that refused to accept it. The same pressure is needed now.
In solidarity,
Zach at People For
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