Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., are pushing a key Senate committees to hold hearings on their legislation that’s aimed at sanctioning Russia or other countries that try to meddle in U.S. elections.

The two senators want their Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act, or the DETER Act, to be quickly considered by the Senate committees on banking and foreign relations, as fears mount that Russia may try to influence the 2018 midterm elections just as it interfered with the 2016 presidential election.

Recommended Stories

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen

What it took to put Americans on the moon

Florida cannot afford to give socialism a chance