Republicans in the U.S Senate have blocked Election Security Bills

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The Republican Senators in the U.S Senate have blocked the paragraph of various election security measures. It would need campaigns to inform U.S federal authorities regarding foreign involvement in order to ban voting machines from connecting to the internet. Democrats sought unanimous consent to bring the measures to the body as part of the U.S Senate procedure. So, any one opponent could effectively end the paragraph of the bill just nine months from contentious 2020 federal elections. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn opposed the requests on Tuesday. She alleged Democrats of using the measures as a fundraising effort to attack Republicans. Recent move took place amid apparent intervention of Trump in the sentencing of former adviser Roger Stone and the resignation of 4 federal prosecutors from the case.

U.S Senate cleared the President Trump from the impeachment trial after being charged with pressuring Ukrainian President to collect politically damaging information on his opponent Joe Biden. Trump also congratulated his attorney general William Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought. It was one of two latest bills to face a roadblock by Senate Republicans would need campaigns to report offers of foreign assistance to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) and the FBI (Federal Board of Investigation).

Moreover, the SAFE Act supposedly prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet or being produced in foreign countries. The U.S Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was alleged by Democrats of burying Democrat-backed bills and rejecting taking action on critical legislation that already has bipartisan support during the last fall. Last year, a bundle of 250 bills waited on McConnell’s desk, including 9 election security bills. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “Once again, Senate Republicans, afraid of the wrath of President Trump and Senator McConnell, blocked our efforts. We’ll see if our Republican friends are willing to stand up and do what’s necessary to protect elections, something that Americans have died for over the centuries”.