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What a deal! Corporations can buy their way into the Biden/Harris inauguration … for a cool million
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What a deal! Corporations can buy their way into the Biden/Harris inauguration … for a cool million
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 4:34 pm on December 16, 2020
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are getting a return to business as usual. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and Joe Biden’s desire to project a more caring and careful approach, many inauguration traditions will either change significantly or be dropped altogether. The quadrennial tradition of the Corporation And Big-Ticket Donor Access Sellout will continue enthusiastically, however:
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Biden s Swearing-In Ceremony Reduced to Around 1,200 People Amid COVID Concerns
On 12/16/20 at 2:48 PM EST
The inaugural festivities will deeply scaled back next month as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge nationally, with organizers limiting the allotment of tickets to members of Congress and one guest each.
The bipartisan Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC), a group of House and Senate leaders that oversees the formal swearing in, normally distributes 200,000 tickets across U.S. House and Senate offices to distribute to constituents, who fill the National Mall during the ceremony. The new cap puts attendance closer to 1,200 about the size of a State of the Union address, though the event is held outside on the Capitol steps instead of in the cramped House chamber.
By: CBS News
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office at the U.S. Capitol next month, following a tradition dating back to Thomas Jefferson, who was the first president to be sworn in Washington in 1801. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the traditional inauguration festivities will be far smaller than those in recent history.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC), which oversees planning for the event, announced health protocols to promote safety on Inauguration Day, January 20. The committee said it was working with the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to plan an event that honors and resembles sacred American traditions while keeping Americans safe and preventing the spread of COVID-19.