before he called this bill clearly not a serious effort to make a law. total about-face. why? >> senate democrats are saying he relented because of their pressure. they brought up more money for election security multiple times on the security floor and they've also brought up broader legislation to change the way states can deal with elections. major leader mcconnell doesn't want to federalize these elections. this is just more money. what mcconnell's staff is arguing is, look, the majority leader has, in the past, supported more money for election security funding. they are arguing he was just waiting for the appropriations process. that process is now under way. they voted out of committee yesterday, this amendment. of course, there's a big question of whether or not it will be on the senate floor and then whether it will pass the house in conference and then whether the president would actually sign it into law. we're a little bit ways from that process, but, obviously, this is a big moment for