Senate refuses to consider bills protecting elections from foreign interference

[babylonsister]

Senate refuses to consider bills protecting elections from foreign interference
Not that the Senate is doing much these days anyway.
Zack Ford
May 16, 2019, 11:50 am


The second sentence of the Mueller report states clearly that “the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.” The Senate, however, doesn’t plan to do anything about it.

According to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), election security legislation is not on the agenda. “At this point I don’t see any likelihood that those bills would get to the floor if we mark them up,” Blunt said in a Senate Rules Committee meeting Wednesday. “I think the majority leader is of the view that this debate reaches no conclusion. And frankly, I think the extreme nature of H.R. 1 from the House makes it even less likely we are going to have that debate.”

H.R. 1, known as the “For the People Act,” is a massive election reform bill that House Democrats passed earlier this year. Republican lawmakers and their conservative supporters have opposed the legislation, in part because it would add a lot of transparency to campaign funding, and in part because its crackdowns on voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering would dismantle the unfair advantages Republicans hold in many parts of the country.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has insisted that he won’t even allow a vote on the bill in the Senate, describing it as a “radical, half-baked socialist proposal.” But McConnell isn’t allowing votes on any legislation. As ThinkProgress recently reported, the Senate has not considered any matters whatsoever in recent months aside from confirming President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

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https://thinkprogress.org/senate-wont-consider-legislation-protect-elections-interference-dc608486a9f6/

[vlyons]

1. If GOP Senators had an ounce of integrity, which they don't have,

they would immediately hold a vote for a different leader. Meanwhile, back at the Treasonous Mitch ranch, he will take help and sepecially money from anyone anywhere to stay in power.

If I were god, I would see him arrested for treason and a thousand counts of corruption, found guilty and executed. No change my my, execution is too ggod for him. Solitary confinement with a LIFETIME of cold oatmeal breakfast, peanut butter on white bread sandwiches, and hotdogs (no bun) dinners forever.

[Me.]

2. And People Wonder Why Impeachment

still hangs in the balance

[stillcool]

3. it's up to 'we the people'...

to register, to vote, and to make sure those votes are counted. Anyone who lives in a state that has questionable voting machines that can not be verified needs to be all over their Secretary of State. I like the flyer route, where I just print up flyers with a question about voting and a phone number/email for the SOS. And then I go like Johnny Appleseed. It's a lot easier to get your state to do something, than it is for the federal government...even when that government is working.

[JudyM]

4. K&R. Important post to keep visible.

Thanks, Babylonsister.