The Senate will incorporate the annual intelligence policy legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act -- but only after stripping language from the intelligence bill that would have required presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election help. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday that Senate Republicans forced the removal of the election reporting provision as a condition to include the intelligence bill on the must-pass defense policy legislation. Earlier this month, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved an amendment on an 8-7 vote from Warner and GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, which added a provision to the Intelligence Authorization Act requiring campaigns to notify federal authorities about offers of foreign election help. Read more https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/senate-removes-ban-foreign-election-help/index.html Of course they did! This is not at all surprising. As a white man myself, their party will not go down peacefully. They do not have the values of the nation that they say they do! As mostly a white party, they know soon that they will be the minority color in this nation and it does shock me that they never addressed having policies that cover the young and people of color!
