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People attend a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON Republicans mounting an unprecedented challenge to Joe Biden’s election win are setting up a congressional showdown today that threatens to divide their party and the country for years to come.
With protestors already gathering in Washington to support President Donald Trump, the House and the Senate will convene a joint session to count the electoral votes cast in November’s election. Trump has repeatedly said there was widespread fraud, but his claims have been roundly rejected by Republican and Democratic election officials in state after state and by judges, including at the Supreme Court, further cementing Biden’s victory.
Marathon of Congressional Electoral College objections will only delay the inevitable
Updated Jan 05, 2021;
Posted Jan 05, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presides over the first session of the 117th Congress in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)TNS
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By Katherine Tully-McManus and Lindsey McPherson CQ-Roll Call (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The newly minted 117th Congress meets in a joint session Wednesday to confirm the Electoral College votes from each state, and lawmakers are girding for what will be a long series of debates and votes on the normally pro forma affair as dozens of Republican lawmakers object to President Donald Trump’s defeat.
Associated Press
People attend a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans mounting an unprecedented challenge to Joe Biden’s election win are setting up a congressional showdown on Wednesday that threatens to divide their party and the country for years to come.
With protestors already gathering in Washington to support President Donald Trump, the House and the Senate will convene a joint session to count the electoral votes cast in November’s election. Trump has repeatedly said there was widespread fraud, but his claims have been roundly rejected by Republican and Democratic election officials in state after state and by judges, including at the Supreme Court, further cementing Biden’s victory.
Brynn Anderson / AP
Originally published on January 6, 2021 11:47 am
Roughly a dozen Republicans in the Senate and more than 100 GOP members in the House are planning to challenge the vote tallies from several states Wednesday, but the move has driven a deep wedge within their already-fractured party.
The all-out party battle will be on public display on the same day that Republicans appear poised to lose control of the Senate, ceding full control of Washington to Democrats for the first time since 2009. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other top GOP leaders have discouraged members from picking a fight over the Electoral College count, but many have chosen to forge ahead anyway.
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