McConnell: Democrats’ Anti-Corruption Bill Aims to ‘Swing Elections’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused House Democrats of trying to “swing elections” with a major piece of legislation designed to clean up voting and campaign finance and strengthen government ethics. McConnell described the so-called For the People Act as a “power grab” and a “naked attempt to change the rules of American politics to benefit one party” in a Thursday op-ed for The Washington Post. The top Republican criticized Democrats for introducing the bill, also known as HR1, while the longest-ever partial government shutdown continues…. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), who introduced the bill earlier this month, tweeted Thursday night, “If [McConnell] is against it, then #HR1 must be a pretty good idea.”