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McConnell is planning to offer amendments during Tuesday’s debate, according to his office. Republicans, one committee aide said, will focus their efforts on parts of the bill they believe would make elections “less fair” and “less secure,” including offering amendments to strike provisions that weaken voter ID laws. Vowing to fight the bill “at every step,” amendments filed by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) would strike a provision on same-day registration at polling locations, change language supportive of D.C. statehood to language opposing it and try to delay implementation of ...

“I think the fact that the president hasn’t met with the leaders of the House and the Senate on a bipartisan basis until now is pretty telling,” he said. Cornyn, however, said how the meeting turns out is up to Biden and that Republicans are willing to cut a deal, although on a package costing only a fraction of what the White House has proposed. “If he’s willing to work with us, we’re willing to work with him, but so far it’s been ‘my way or the highway,’” he added. ADVERTISEMENT Biden and McConnell have only spoken twice since the Jan. 20 inauguration, aides note. Biden ...