benson13 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 WASHINGTON — A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation’s defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources. The Secure Elections Act, introduced by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., in December 2017, had co-sponsorship from two of the Senate’s most prominent liberals, Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., as well as from conservative stalwart Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and consummate centrist Susan Collins, R-Me. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., was set to conduct a markup of the bill on Wednesday morning in the Senate Rules Committee, which he chairs. The bill had widespread support, including from some of the committee’s Republican members, and was expected to come to a full Senate vote in October. But then the chairman’s mark, as the critical step is known, was canceled, and no explanation was given. A paper record could prove effective against hackers if they tried to change the reporting of votes on the internet, as opposed to altering the votes themselves. Election officials needs to be able to say, “‘Nope, we can check this,’” as Lankford puts it. “Here’s the paper, here’s the machine, here’s our poll count.” In a statement to Yahoo News, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters says that while the administration “appreciates Congress’s interest in election security, [the Department of Homeland Security] has all the statutory authority it needs to assist state and local officials to improve the security of existing election infrastructure.” Under current law, DHS is already able to work with state and local authorities to protect elections, Walters wrote. If Congress pursues the Secure Elections Act, it should avoid duplicating “existing DHS efforts or the imposition of unnecessary requirements” and “not violate the principles of Federalism.” “We cannot support legislation with inappropriate mandates or that moves power or funding from the states to Washington for the planning and operation of elections,” she added. However, the White House gave no specifics on what parts of the bill it objected to. In a statement, Klobuchar thanked Blunt and Lankford, making clear that they were both allies in the effort. “They tried valiantly to salvage the votes for this bill on the Republican side,” Klobuchar’s statement said. “In the end we had every single Democrat on the committee committed to vote for the bill. Any changes that were recently made to the bill were made to accommodate the Republican leadership.” A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who sits on the Rules Committee, declined to say whether the majority leader, widely renowned on Capitol Hill for his backroom tactics, was involved in efforts to hobble the Secure Elections Act. Blunt’s office would not comment on the record. The Trump administration has been unable to settle on how elections should be secured, and whom they should be secured against. Despite consensus from the nation’s intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in 2016, President Trump has dismissed the threat, even as others in his administration have issued unambiguous warnings. Trump has instead asserted that millions voted fraudulently in New York and California for Hillary Clinton, thus giving her an edge of some 3 million votes in the 2016 presidential race. No evidence of statistically significant voter fraud has been uncovered. Lankford, Klobuchar and others had worked for months to persuade their peers that electoral security is a nonpartisan issue. Supporters expected the legislation would make its way out of committee and become law, a rare bipartisan success story in the current Congress. As the chairman’s mark approached, they appeared to have won the votes they needed in the Senate Rule Committee. Speaking to Yahoo News on Tuesday afternoon, Lankford seemed confident. He acknowledged that the federal government should not encroach on states’ administration of elections, but he also argued that states had to show more awareness of the high stakes involved. “Your election in Delaware affects the entire country,” he said. “Your election in Florida affects the entire country.” In an earlier television appearance with Lankford, Harris rendered the issue of electoral security, and hacking by foreign powers, in stark terms: “We have to be prepared for wars without blood.” But some apparently remained unconvinced. A staffer for a Republican senator on the Rules Committee described unease with “certain provisions in the Secure Elections Act” on the part of secretaries of state, who oversee elections. “In order for a truly bipartisan election security bill to reach the floor, additional majority support is necessary.” The bill’s sponsors disputed the notion that it lacked support, noting that secretaries of state had had plenty of time to comment on the proposed legislation. Lankford, a rising young Republican legislator, vowed to press on. “The issue of election cybersecurity is very important and more must be done now,” he said in a statement. “Congressional inaction is unacceptable.” _____ Read more from Yahoo News: Inside Bannon’s next campaign: Keep the House to save Trump Meet the man behind a new pro-Trump, Russian website in the U.S. The Cohen and Manafort legal dramas will continue, posing new perils for Trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson13 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 Putin obviously does not want this bill to pass, so he ordered Trump to make sure it doesn't. End of story. what is it BigTurd says??? oh yea... ""Democrats and no longer compatible with the US system of government"" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryramar Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I wonder what the fake patriots will have for excuses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson13 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 this.... BIGTEX If James Earl Ray had shot everyone standing on that balcony with Martin Luther King that day, would we now be taking the whole week off instead of just one day?" bigsky remember when they had Obama on the cover of that magazine.....it was in the outhouse and after I wiped my ass with it it didn't look any different..... filthy ni66ers... bigsky when Obama was in there he kept it in ghetto shape.....roaches and sh it....chicken bones under the sofas.......chitlin grease in the ducts......despicable.....we cant ever allow filth like that to inhabit the white house again bigsky Obama left the white house in fu cking disrepair.....he infested it with roaches and the grease buildup in the kitchen ducting was atrocious....he is a filthy person to want to live in conditions like that and an ass hole for disrespecting the peoples house like that...and yes, there were chicken bones under the sofa......so what again did I say that was racist? the truth? fu ck you dip sh it MidnightMax said: Then you could REALLY be proud of your little "n!gger god" couldn't you???? Blue Devil...oktoberkat is a coward N!gger. Blue Devil ...Ignorant and Stupid Bad wordin' N!ggers... Blue Devil Cling to your Plantation n!gger cause, Communists. Blue Devil n!ggers were never that important, were already being replaced by machinery, and if the Southern Americans had any idea of just have Bad worded up America would get because of them? JTZilla i was taxed more each year tha Nlgger was fraudulently in office,,,the world laughs at us for having a Bad wording filthy faggot assed Nlggar there at the whitehouse.... Im ashamed of my country!!! JTZilla Bad word obama and the nigacrats he stands for JTZilla she isnt moving in because she doesnt want to smell that nlgger smell JTZilla seriously how do you vote for a nlgger? unbelievable JTZilla i was taxed more each year tha Nlgger was fraudulently in office,,,the world laughs at us for having a Bad wording filthy faggot assed Nlggar there at the whitehouse.... Im ashamed of my country!!! JTZilla no more nlgger filth in the white house JTZilla better than having a field nlgger like michael (michelle) obama in the white house,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson13 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 Hey republiKlans...whats the latest with MAJOR Tramp Fan (R)Duncan Hunter???????????????? I heard he's blaming his wife for everything now....LMFAO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of the county Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 What did Barry do about it in 2016? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrock2310 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 33 minutes ago, king of the county said: What did Barry do about it in 2016? Secured the ballot boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of the county Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, jrock2310 said: Secured the ballot boxes. Ooooooohhhhhh comforting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin futz Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 THE FIX IS IN AGAIN! DAMMIT! To me, this is proof that Russia and Trump are colluding! (As if we needed more proof) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson13 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 I agree...and the gop has got to be killed off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrill Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The Trump administration has been unable to settle on how elections should be secured, and whom they should be secured against. Despite consensus from the nation’s intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in 2016, President Trump has dismissed the threat, even as others in his administration have issued unambiguous warnings. Trump has instead asserted that millions voted fraudulently in New York and California for Hillary Clinton, thus giving her an edge of some 3 million votes in the 2016 presidential race. No evidence of statistically significant voter fraud has been uncovered. Lankford, Klobuchar and others had worked for months to persuade their peers that electoral security is a nonpartisan issue. Supporters expected the legislation would make its way out of committee and become law, a rare bipartisan success story in the current Congress. As the chairman’s mark approached, they appeared to have won the votes they needed in the Senate Rule Committee. Speaking to Yahoo News on Tuesday afternoon, Lankford seemed confident. He acknowledged that the federal government should not encroach on states’ administration of elections, but he also argued that states had to show more awareness of the high stakes involved. “Your election in Delaware affects the entire country,” he said. “Your election in Florida affects the entire country.” In an earlier television appearance with Lankford, Harris rendered the issue of electoral security, and hacking by foreign powers, in stark terms: “We have to be prepared for wars without blood.” But some apparently remained unconvinced. A staffer for a Republican senator on the Rules Committee described unease with “certain provisions in the Secure Elections Act” on the part of secretaries of state, who oversee elections. “In order for a truly bipartisan election security bill to reach the floor, additional majority support is necessary.” The bill’s sponsors disputed the notion that it lacked support, noting that secretaries of state had had plenty of time to comment on the proposed legislation. Lankford, a rising young Republican legislator, vowed to press on. “The issue of election cybersecurity is very important and more must be done now,” he said in a statement. “Congressional inaction is unacceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrill Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The USA ALEC GOP is stonewalling because this would interfere with their plans of fraud on election day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrill Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Some believe voter suppression is effective http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/02/3745296/major-voter-id-study/ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/30/1521945/-Republican-Voter-Suppression-Tactics-Are-Working http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35539-the-gop-is-now-bragging-about-voter-suppression http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/republican-voter-suppression/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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