Even after an hour-long briefing, House Dems say they have key questions about what the Trump administration is doing to secure the 2020 election
similar classified briefings on election security Wednesday, but they left with opposite conclusions.
Thompson said House members were assured that the involved agencies currently have all the necessary resources to secure the 2020 elections. But House Democrats still plan to move forward with additional legislation this month addressing election security after passing another bill — which Democrats said would make voting systems “hack-proof” — shortly before the recess.
But any bills to shore up election systems will go nowhere on the other side of the Capitol, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blatantly dismissing the need for further action hours earlier. “Federalism of the process would I think add an extra level of confusion rather than an extra level of protection," Blunt said. “New federal election laws would not be the right thing to do so I would assume we would have no legislation like that come through the Rules Committee."By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
"As these organizations try to protect the integrity of our election system they're not helped when the president goes to a G20 meeting and jokes about this issues with Vladimir Putin, they're not helped when the Congress fails to pass common sense bipartisan legislation," Warner said.
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