Page 9 - Security Legislation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Votes on this. explain. >> that's what's so extraordinary. the reason we have a senate is to debate these bills and mark them up in committee. debate them. the house has passed a couple of gun measures in the normal course of things. if they pass them and the president vetoes them and they want the votes to override, that's fine. same with election security legislation which has bipartisan support. passed the house. very important to a lot of secretaries of state around the country. republicans say they could use the help to make sure elections work securely. mcconnell not bringing them to flo...

Election security legislation. we also know they just lifted a consent decree that's kept republicans and the rnc from going into local communities and intimidating voters by having off duty officers tell people that they are monitoring their votes. for the first time since 1981, the rnc will be allowed to cheat and lie and go into polling places a places and scare voters, particularly voters of color, not just worry about them, work against them, and that's what we learned from 2018. we cannot wait for the cavalry to come. we have to be the army and we have to stand up now. >> stacey abrams, ...

We know they have been hard at work at suppressing the vote, at dismantling democracy, and it is our responsibility to not just wait to see what happens, but to actually fight back. we're going to educate staff and fund, do the training and making sure that in every one of these states, we have voter protection teams ready to go long before we have a nominee. but we're also going to make sure they're ready for not only the tactics we know were employed in georgia and north dakota, in florida and in texas but also in wisconsin. what's happening in michigan as they try to roll back progress. we ...

I want to toub moscow mitch. moscow mitch says it's a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? he won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. he's moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interference is being distorted. >> every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was re...

That is un-american. he's moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interference is being distorted. >> every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was real and is real. we all agree that the federal government, state governments, and the private sector all have obligations to take this threat seriously, and bols...