Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will support the bipartisan electoral reform bill that emerged from the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday afternoon.

The bill, intended to make it harder to object to presidential election results following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, received the Republican leader’s endorsement during a Tuesday floor speech. A similar piece of legislation passed the House last week.

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