"Senate strips provision from bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help "

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    archives Well-Known Member

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    "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."

    "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."

    "The amendment approved by the Intelligence Committee was an adopted version of Warner’s FIRE Act, which he introduced last year. It would require all presidential campaign officials report to the FBI any contacts with foreign nationals trying either to make campaign donations or coordinate with a campaign."

    https://fox2now.com/news/national/se...election-help/


    Which immediately asked the obvious question, why?

    After the documented efforts of the Russians in 2016, and the consequences that followed, why would Mitch reject bipartisan efforts to further secure our election from foreign interference?

    You have to really start to wonder, earlier this year Mitch turned away approving funding aimed at protecting State elections (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4...security-bills), and now, he is rejecting measures recommended to specifically protect the election from outside interference.

    Why?

     
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    Why? Probably because if a republican reports such an offer he or she would automatically be considered guilty of collusion or treason and impeached by Jerry Nads and company.
     
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    archives Well-Known Member

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    How would that happen if the complaint is made to billy barr and billy barr followed the law?
     
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    Who needs Barr? Not the democrats. They just run roughshod over the law.
     
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    More corruption from Republican leadership... should surprise no one.
    They can’t win on ideas so other measures must be resorted to...
     
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    Define "or coordinate with a campaign"
     
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    There is no excuse for Republicans in the Senate doing this !!!!!
     
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    Will this be retroactive to 4 years ago when the Clinton campaign/Foundation received tens of millions from Ukraine?

    Ukraine oligarch who donated $29 million to Clinton Foundation demanded meeting with Bill Clinton
    by [​IMG]Alex Christoforou
    November 2, 2016

    Notice the date of this headline. This was the last penny the Clinton’s received from Ukraine because we all know what happened 6 days later. The Clinton’s no longer in power then the Clinton’s no longer receive foreign “donations”. Hillary no longer Secretary of State, Hillary no longer a “shoe in” for the presidency.
     
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    EVERY Freedom Loving American should support a change to the U.S. Constitution.

    28th Amendment – Making Politicians Answer to “We the People”

    No money will be allowed to any political campaign, including propositions, or other ballot measures from any entity that is not a U.S. Citizen. Excluded from donating: corporations, special interest groups, unions, and foreign entities. U.S. Citizens may only donate a total of $5,000 a year for all political donations and may only donate to political campaigns that affect their geography of residency.
     
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    But the report has to go thru the Justice Dept otherwise it is not a notification

    Now why don't you try addressing the post rather than Democrat deflections, it was a bipartisan effort Mitch turned back
     
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    Amazing, a post centered upon securing the upcoming election winds up a "whataboutism" regarding Hillary

    Want to take a shot at the topic now?
     
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    That’s something I could agree with. But it would have to start with “notwithstanding the First Amendment, ...”
     
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    I do believe the Founding Fathers also had the same concerns and even worried about it in the years ahead
     
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    Because the right is a bunch of sleazy Putin loving boobs (McConnell being the worst sleaze)who know that without "foreign " help Trump will be headed for the Dump...
     
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    It doesn't matter. The democrats would demand investigations. Guilt by allegation is the new norm.
     
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    The clock is seriously ticking on all these *********kers....

    This amendment is moot anyway... Trump doesn't wait for offers anymore...

    He actively solicits..... Good luck stopping that short of impeachment....
     
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    So you are saying we should do absolutely nothing regarding foreign entities participating in our elections because some one just might make any notifications of such activities to the Justice Dept a partisan thing?
     
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    That is CRIMINAL!
     
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    You have got to be kidding. Barr the personal defense and fixit guy for Trump is the crud who runs roughshod over the law.
     
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    Holy crap

    No, I am saying the democrats will weaponize it. It's all there in my posts. In English.
     
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    Is a fixit guy the same as a "wingman"?
     
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    Sadly you are correct.
     
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    Only if you stretch the definition a lot.
     
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    lol

    right
     
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    Doesn’t the thread title contain the words campaigns, foreign, elections and help? Can’t be any more on topic than the Clinton campaign receiving tens of millions from Ukraine.
     

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