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Erica Werner July 19 18
House Republicans on Thursday voted down a Democratic effort to increase election security spending, as Democrats accused the GOP of refusing to stand up to Russia over interference in U.S. elections.
In a vote along party lines, Republicans rejected Democrats motion for more funding, unmoved by Democrats vigorous pleas and chants of USA! USA! on the House floor.
The election security funding vote came amid a national controversy over Russian election interference, and it comes days after President Trump appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putins contention that Russia did not intervene in the 2016 presidential race even though U.S. intelligence agencies say otherwise.
Now is the time to double down on our efforts to prevent election hacking, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) declared ahead of the vote. The American people are watching, and we must ensure that we unlike our president are on the right side of history at this pivotal moment in our democracy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-gop-refuses-to-renew-election-security-funding-as-democrats-fume-over-russian-meddling/2018/07/18/20761f88-8abb-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html
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(35,077 posts)Read it, find out how to act on this, spread it around.
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(875 posts)Benjamin Franklin knew that they were committing treason against England. Just like the republicans are committing treason against the USA now.