schumer reacted to mcconnell's apparent turn-around on election security later on the senate floor. >> leader mccomfortable kept saying we don't need the money. i made umpteen speeches here at this chair and the republican leader denied the need, but now, thank god he has seen the light. >> a spokesperson for mcconnell told the "washington post" that schumer was mischaracterizing the republican leader's position and maintained that the amendment was really a continuation of previous years funding. president trump has filed a lawsuit in his bid to keep officials in new york from gaining access to his tax return, filing the suit against the manhattan district attorney in the southern district yesterday, naming vance and the top preparer as defendants. the suit claims that vance should not get trump's tax returns arguing that a sitting president is not subject to the criminal process while he is in office. vance subpoenaed the president's accounting firm for eight years