How US Congress will count Electoral College votes
AP, WASHINGTON
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair.
However, US President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless efforts to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory would bring more attention than usual to the Jan. 6 joint session of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.
The congressional count is the final step in reaffirming Biden’s presidential win, after the US Electoral College officially elected him on Monday last week.
The meeting is required by the US Constitution and includes several distinct steps.
How a pasta dinner and Zoom chats rescued the COVID-19 relief bill and led to a $900 billion deal Nicholas Wu and Ledyard King, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – The deal aimed at helping Americans weather the fallout from COVID-19 s relentless winter was hatched at a small gathering fueled by pasta.
In late November, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted a dinner at her home that included Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Mark Warner, D-Va.; Mitt Romney, R-Utah; and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. The senators began hammering out a broad legislative outline, including stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits and a fresh lifeline for small businesses.
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WASHINGTON - The US Congress on Sunday passed another stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown and provide lawmakers more time to vote on the COVID-19 relief deal and long-term government funding.
The House of Representatives on Sunday night approved a funding measure that will keep the government open through Dec 21, or Monday, giving Congress more time to vote on the newly reached COVID-19 stimulus deal.
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