Nearly every freshman House Democrat sent a letter on Wednesday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling on him to bring the sweeping campaign finance and election reform bill passed by the House to the Senate floor for a vote.

The For The People Act (H.R. 1) would create a system of publicly financed House elections, expand voting rights by mandating early voting and automatic voter registration, enhance election security and enact ethics reforms like requiring presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns. It passed the House on a 234-193 party-line vote on March 8. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced a companion bill in the Senate backed by every Senate Democrat.

McConnell, a fierce opponent of campaign finance reform, has attacked the bill a power grab by the Democratic Party and refused to bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. As majority leader, he is under no obligation to bring any piece of legislation to the Senate floor for a vote.

The freshmen Democrats calling on McConnell to give their bill a vote in the Senate attacked McConnell as a bought-and-paid-for representative of the Washington elite on Wednesday at a press conference hosted by End Citizens United, a pro-campaign finance reform political action committee.

Mitch McConnell remains in the pockets of the special interests, Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) said.

He wont even take a meeting with us, Rose added. At this point, Im thinking the only way we can get a meeting with Mitch McConnell is if we take out our checkbooks and max out to him. Thats the only reason why he sits down with people cause he is bought-and-paid-for.

Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) said that McConnell continues to defend a rigged system.

New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas (D) added: Mitch McConnell doesnt know what democracy looks like.