Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out on Tuesday in favor of legislation aimed at preventing election subversion, giving the bipartisan effort a major boost and putting him at odds with former President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out on Tuesday in favor ofat preventing election subversion, giving the bipartisan effort a major boost and putting him at odds with former President Donald Trump.
The resulting bill, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, was approved in the Rules Committee by a vote of 14-1, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the lone opponent. The committee, which adopted minor revisions to the underlying bill, sent it to the full Senate for a floor vote.
“The chaos that came to a head on Jan. 6 of last year certainly underscored the need for an update” to the Electoral Count Act, McConnell said in his floor speech. “The resulting product — this bill, as introduced, is the only chance to get an outcome and to actually make law.”Before McConnell's support, the bill was co-sponsored by 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Senate. His backing gives it a stronger chance of clearing the 60-vote barrier to break a filibuster.
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