Republicans reject Stacey Abrams-endorsed elections bill proposal from Manchin: 'Totally inappropriate'
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Senate Republicans Thursday said that they have no intention of supporting Sen. Joe Manchin's proposal for elections legislation, which was intended to be a possible bipartisan compromise in lieu of Democrats' controversial elections proposal S.1.
"It still turns the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from a judge into a prosecutor by taking away the three-three balance and making it 3-2 Democratic," McConnell said. McConnell was referencing an element of S.1 that would change the FEC from a body with six members, three from each party, to a body with two members from each party and a third nonpartisan individual appointed by the president. Republicans say the fact that President Biden would appoint the nonpartisan individual defeats the purpose. It would also, McConnell said, "remove redistricting from state legislatures and hand it over to computers. Equally unacceptable. Totally inappropriate."More Related News