The House has just passed the omnibus spending bill... which also means they passed the urgently needed reform/clarification of the 1887 Electoral Count Act.
Another Jan 6 is now much harder... and there are now clear and specific legal mechanisms to deal with a rogue governor who refuses to certify a result, etc.
The election deniers never had the law on their side, but now that's much more explicit.
NB that top democracy defending lawyer Marc Elias had reservations about the ECA reform bills... until the end of the process.
He heavily praised D Senators for working tirelessly to fix what he saw as weaknesses, and declared himself "thrilled" with the final version.
It's a big win for the resiliency of democracy.
@RationalLeft strange, since McConnell had been a hard party-line guy for decades. We don’t know what each politician experienced, but I often wonder if something exceptionally bad happened to him that day, to continue his stance against his fellow GOPers for J6.
@nopuppet_007 He does seem to draw a line at literally overthrowing the democratic system.
Which is more than you can say for McCarthy.
@RationalLeft McConnell always has a hidden agenda when Moscow mitch appears to be human . . . IMO
@MerakiLife His agenda on this one is that he knows another Jan 6 would be a disaster for R electoral prospects. McCarthy can't even manage that much.
And credit where it's due: this wouldn't have happened without R support in the Senate and the direct support of McConnell.
Yes, he's awful, but he had the sense to see these weaknesses couldn't be allowed to stand.
Compare that to McCarthy, who denounced the reform at every step and whipped votes against it.