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Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to reform counting of electors

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Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to reform counting of electors

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/20/electoral-count-act-reform-bipartisan

 

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A bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to reform and modernize the Electoral Count Act of 1887, including by clarifying the role of the vice president in certifying presidential elections.

Why it matters: The bill, if passed by the House and Senate, would mark the first major legislative response to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the events that it preceded it.

  • It's the culmination of months of negotiations by senators — led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — who set out find common ground on electoral reform after Republicans first expressed interest in January.

Details: The first bill is narrowly focused on reforming the 1887 law that former President Trump tried to exploit to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

  • It clarifies that the role of the vice president is solely ceremonial with no power to unilaterally reject electors, which Trump and lawyer John Eastman were pressuring former Vice President Mike Pence to do to prevent President Biden from winning.

Because the last shitbird tried to break America, after he lost to sleepy Joe.

Looks like a good bill to pass. 

2 minutes ago, PoconoDon said:

Looks like a good bill to pass. 

And bi-partisan support these days is almost a miracle.

They should just start letting the VP pick the President. :pizza:

Make it happen

If Eastman and Giuliani are saying that the 1887 Electoral College Act is unconstitutional and then Congress fixes the law, then isn’t that just bowing to Trump?

:whistle: 

5 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

If Eastman and Giuliani are saying that the 1887 Electoral College Act is unconstitutional and then Congress fixes the law, then isn’t that just bowing to Trump?

:whistle: 

Just because a law is a little too complex for them to understand doesn't mean it's unconstitutional. It just means those dummies need more explicit instructions, which they are now getting.

Just now, PoconoDon said:

Just because a law is a little too complex for them to understand doesn't mean it's unconstitutional. It just means those dummies need more explicit instructions, which they are now getting.

Eastman has a law degree and a PhD in government.  I mean…

:roll: 

Just now, Dave Moss said:

Eastman has a law degree and a PhD in government.  I mean…

:roll: 

Apparently those degrees are not worth the paper they are written on.

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Trump called ‘within the last week’ to overturn Wis. election results, speaker says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-called-within-the-last-week-to-overturn-wis-election-results-speaker-says/ar-AAZMGrm

The bloviating piece of sewer filth is still trying to win in 2020.

I thought he was smarter than his idiot supporters, but maybe not.

4 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Trump called ‘within the last week’ to overturn Wis. election results, speaker says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-called-within-the-last-week-to-overturn-wis-election-results-speaker-says/ar-AAZMGrm

The bloviating piece of sewer filth is still trying to win in 2020.

I thought he was smarter than his idiot supporters, but maybe not.

Why would you have ever thought that?

How long before we reach Idiocracy level, and just have a reality show competition?

25 minutes ago, NOTW said:

How long before we reach Idiocracy level, and just have a reality show competition?

You mean we aren't there already? 

4 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

They should just start letting the VP pick the President. :pizza:

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1 hour ago, NOTW said:

How long before we reach Idiocracy level, and just have a reality show competition?

Never watched a presidential race, have you?

3 hours ago, NOTW said:

How long before we reach Idiocracy level, and just have a reality show competition?

That got us Obama and trump

A bandaid on the hull of the Titanic.

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