Senate GOP blocks three election security bills

[applegrove]

Senate GOP blocks three election security bills

BY JORDAIN CARNEY at the Hill

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/482569-senate-gop-blocks-three-election-security-bills?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to unanimously pass three election security-related bills Tuesday, marking the latest attempt to clear legislation ahead of the November elections

Democrats tried to get consent to pass two bills that require campaigns to alert the FBI and Federal Election Commission (FEC) about foreign offers of assistance, as well as legislation to provide more election funding and ban voting machines from being connected to the internet.

But Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) opposed each of the requests. Under the Senate's rules, any one senator can ask for unanimous consent to pass a bill, but any one senator can object and block their requests.

Blackburn accused Democrats of trying to move the bills knowing that GOP lawmakers would block them and giving them fodder for fundraising efforts.

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Wow. Blackburn against politicians being judged on the policies they support or don't support. Knock me over with a feather! Maybe Democrats want better democracy? But no. Cast aspersions on a party's motives for being who they are supposed to be.

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Well, it's not just Republicans who can find people to leverage those security holes.

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. I have been wondering what their position would be if they found themselves...

up against a goose meet gander situation.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Again proving that they welcome any and all election interference, so they can continue to have a...

lock on the Senate and Exec. branches of government. She's not interested in security what-so-ever, she's interested in retaining her job and nothing else, when security helps everyone, not just one party.

[jaysunb]

3. This should be headline news.

We here at DU and other political site know this, but the lazy general public is unaware of the major reasons we're in this mess.