Wall Street sidesteps Georgia election reform debate
Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines both headquartered in Atlanta have come out against the bill, as have many other corporations. That has drawn backlash from Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Financial firms and the trade associations that represent them in Washington are mostly steering clear of the political dust up over a new Georgia voting law that has pitted corporations against Republican backers of the measure.
The Georgia measure puts restrictions and identification requirements on mail-in balloting and limits ballot drop boxes, but also expands early voting. Critics say the law would make it harder for voters of color to participate in elections, while backers say it increases access to balloting and confidence in election procedures.
McConnell suggests targeted infrastructure plan without changes to 2017 tax cuts
FILE PHOTO: McConnell speaks after Senate Republican lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that infrastructure legislation could win support from Republicans in Congress if it targets traditional projects involving roads, bridges and broadband and does not unwind 2017 tax cuts.
“If we could agree on what the definition of infrastructure is – and I think it clearly must include roads and bridges and broadband – there may be a way forward. But it needs to be credibly paid for, not through completely revisiting the tax reform act of 2017,” McConnell told a press conference in Madisonville, Kentucky.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell touted the COVID-19 vaccines, panned President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal and again defended the controversial election reform law in Georgia during a visit to a Paducah hospital on Wednesday.
McConnell, speaking at a press conference at Baptist Health Paducah Hospital, said the COVID-19 vaccines were a “modern medical miracle” regarding how quickly the vaccines were developed, in less than a year, comparing them to the decades it took to develop the first polio vaccine. He also said it was important for Kentuckians to continue to get vaccinated with eligibility now open to all adults.
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