Senate set for clash on hot-button elections bill Dems say boosts voting rights, GOP decries as power grab
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The Senate is set for a major clash Wednesday on one of the Democrats' top priorities with a hearing on S.1, the Senate version of the controversial elections bill known as H.R.1 in the House, which would make broad changes to how American elections are run.
"They want to change the system to benefit themselves and they want to have instead of a referee they want the FEC to be a prosecutor," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday on the "Ruthless" podcast. He was referring to a provision in the bill that changes the Federal Elections Commission from a 3-3 partisan split to five total members, with two from each party and a fifth unaffiliated with either but appointed by the president.More Related News