As bipartisan negotiations to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 grow in breadth and intensity, senators from both parties are starting to draw their red lines.
to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 grow in breadth and intensity, senators from both parties are starting to draw their red lines.Democrats once fixated on sweeping election reform packages. Republicans were equally committed to opposing wide-ranging federal election changes. New drop-dead conditions can still poison the new negotiations but also indicate movement from these opening positions.
"I'm thinking about the sort of floor amendments we might want, to make that a more robust bill," Sen. Tim Kaine told Axios. Schatz said he's fearful of an effort to "simplify this problem, and to legislate so we can check the box as 'democracy saved.'"The bigger the bill, they say, the harder it will be to add and earn votes from GOP members who support it.
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