Thread by @BBuchman_CNS

Many distractions today but don't sleep on this.
A House committee met to mark up a bill that has major implications for those soliciting foreign interference in U.S. elections.
courthousenews.com/house-readies-…

POTUS and GOP perpetual talking point is that the House is "do-nothing" and they haven't worked on any critical legislation to help Americans.

Well, this is the third bill proposed to protect U.S. election integrity. The third. It is up for debate + vote in the House next week.

The other two (details in my story) were killed by @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell.
Given the specific nature of the #impeachmentinquiry, the likelihood the SHIELD Act makes it out of the House is nil. But a showdown - she's a coming.

@senatemajldr In addition to closing spending loopholes and mandating that campaigns alert the FEC or FBI when contacted by a foreign actor, the bill requires the FEC to audit campaigns and report recommendations to Congress after each election cycle.

The SHIELD Act also restricts campaigns from sharing non-public campaign material like internal opposition research with foreign nationals, those under sanctions or members of an oligarchy.
cc @WhiteHouse

@WhiteHouse Graciously compiled by bill sponsor @ZoeLofgren, a section-by-section summary of the bill: documentcloud.org/documents/6483…

@WhiteHouse @ZoeLofgren And the bill in full - available here: documentcloud.org/documents/6483…

@WhiteHouse @ZoeLofgren FYI: A correction will soon be made to this story. A quote was attributed to Republican Representative Mark Walker but it in fact, the statement in the story should be attributed to Republican Representative Rodney Davis.
Will post the corrected version once the story is updated.

@WhiteHouse @ZoeLofgren There we are. Story here:
courthousenews.com/house-readies-…