Cybersecurity
Democrats Turn Mueller Frustration Into Election Security Focus
- Pelosi’s moderates seek to shift attention from impeachment
- Senate Leader McConnell hasn’t endorsed vote protection bills
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives passed the first of a series of bills aimed at securing U.S. elections before 2020, responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings that Russia acted to swing the 2016 vote in President Donald Trump’s favor.
The bills are an attempt to pressure Senate Republicans into joining efforts to protect state voting systems and punish foreign actors that try to interfere. While some provisions could pick up support from individual Republicans, GOP Senate leaders are unlikely to put the measures to a vote in their current form.