President Donald Trump s extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week s joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College results. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans not to try to overturn the election, but not everyone is heeding him. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri vows to join House Republicans in objecting to the state tallies. On the other side of the party s split, GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska warns such challenges are a dangerous ploy threatening the nation s civic norms. Caught in the middle is Vice President Mike Pence, who faces growing pressure and a lawsuit from Trump s allies over his ceremonial role in presiding over the session Wednesday.
WASHINGTON â Congress overrode President Donald Trumpâs veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago.
In an extraordinary New Yearâs Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto, dismissing Trumpâs objections to the $740 billion bill and handing him a stinging rebuke just weeks before his term ends.
Trump had lashed out at GOP lawmakers on Twitter, charging earlier this week that âWeak and tired Republican âleadershipâ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass.â³
Trump called the looming override vote a âdisgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW!â
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding up COVID-19 stimulus increases that could benefit hard-hit Americans. His amendments are part of a destructive tactic that has undermined faith in American politics. Urge leaders to stop the games and look out for the best interests of the people, not their own political interests.
In what is almost certain to be another doomed effort to disenfranchise the votes of millions of Pennsylvania residents, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly is taking his unending challenge of the results of the presidential election to the halls of Congress.
The Butler Republican, whose 16th Congressional District includes Erie, said in a statement on Thursday that he and other GOP House members from Pennsyvania intend to vote against the certification of Pennsylvania s 20 electors when Congress tallies the votes of the Electoral College on Wednesday a tally meant to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s defeat of President Donald Trump in the Electoral College by a vote of 306 to 232.