Spending Deal Allocates $425M For Election Security

The Hill reports:

The spending deal agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators includes $425 million for states to improve their election security, a congressional source confirmed to The Hill on Monday.

Election security has been a major issue on Capitol Hill over the past few years, particularly after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

U.S. intelligence agencies, former special counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate Intelligence Committee all concluded that Russia carried out a sweeping and systematic attack on the 2016 election involving hacking and disinformation operations.