The devious reason McConnell is making nice with Democrats on a key election law

McConnell has spent 30 years making the same arguments against voting rights. [View in browser]( [Image]( January 10, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [The devious reason McConnell is making nice with Democrats on a key election law](//link.msnbc.com/click/26315430.86425/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vamFuLTYtc2VjdXJpdHktbGFwc2VzLWVuYWJsZWQtMjAyMS1zLWNhcGl0b2wtYXR0YWNrLXRoZXktbjEyODcwMzA_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjAxMTAmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bea057dc6 by Hayes Brown Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently opened the door to cooperating with Democrats on a key issue ahead of the next presidential election — fixing the confusing language in the law that governs how Congress counts electoral votes. But Democrats should hesitate before jumping at McConnell's offer if it means abandoning other fixes to election laws, [Hayes Brown writes](. "McConnell knows better than anyone that reforming the Electoral Count Act absent 'all the other things' Democrats want in terms of voting rights would be a new coat of paint on a house that’s about to collapse," Brown writes. "McConnell’s modus operandi throughout his years in the Senate has been to block, stymie and otherwise subvert changes to federal election law that he believes would disadvantage Republicans. In his view, anything beyond the status quo — whether it’s [more transparent elections]( or easier voter participation — must be treated as a partisan attack and defeated." Read Hayes Brown's [full analysis]( in your Monday [MSNBC Daily.]( TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [A photo of the Supreme Court Justices ]( [Michael Steele]( Why America may not see its 300th birthday]( America's founders dealt with "mobbish insurgents" by strengthening the democracy.[Read More]( [Dave Zirin]( [Aaron Rodgers has a new (and dumb) reason to complain about the 'woke mob']( Aaron Rodgers, enemy of the "woke mob," turns a mob against a sportswriter who blasts his vaccine lies. [Read More]( [Zeeshan Aleem]( ['Don't Look Up' is stirring a huge debate. Here's what it gets wrong.]( Is the Netflix film an effective satire of our problems confronting global warming? [Read More]( [Steve Benen]( [Why both parties were glad to hear Ron Johnson's big announcement]( Republicans were delighted to hear that Sen. Johnson is running for re-election. Democrats, however, were even happier. [Read More]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of the Supreme Court]( [Cross Connection]( [Trump kids' defense for refusing to comply with subpoena? They're 'in too much trouble'](//link.msnbc.com/click/26315430.86425/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3JhY2hlbC1tYWRkb3cvd2F0Y2gvcmVwdWJsaWNhbnMtaGl0LXNuYWdzLWRlcGxveWluZy1nZXJyeW1hbmRlcmluZy1zdHJhdGVneS10by1zdHJlbmd0aGVuLWdyaXAtb24tcG93ZXItMTI5ODc5MTA5OTczP2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwMTEwJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B46feb2e9 [The Sunday Show]( [Republicans shift their focus from vote suppression to vote subversion](//link.msnbc.com/click/26315430.86425/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL2RlYWRsaW5lLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlL3dhdGNoL2doaXNsYWluZS1tYXh3ZWxsLWd1aWx0eS1vZi1mZWRlcmFsLXNleC10cmFmZmlja2luZy1mb3Itcm9sZS1pbi1qZWZmcmV5LWVwc3RlaW4tcy1hYnVzZXMtMTI5Nzg1OTI1ODkyP2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwMTEwJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bbfea1cbd [Yasmin Vossoughian]( [At least 19 dead, including 9 children, in Bronx apartment fire](//link.msnbc.com/click/26315430.86425/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3JhY2hlbC1tYWRkb3cvd2F0Y2gvc2tldGNoeS1jaGluZXNlLWNvbXBhbnktdW5kZXItaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbi1pcy13ZWxsLXN1aXRlZC10by1wYXJ0bmVyLXdpdGgtZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLTEyOTUwMjc4OTc5Mz9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDExMCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Ba5f81fcc MSNBC Reports [Bob Saget dies at age 65]( MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] This week on Into America and one year after the January 6 Capitol Insurrection, Trymaine Lee sits down with Daryle Lamont Jenkins, founder of One People’s Project and the man who popularized the act of doxing, shaming rioters online. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)