Lockdown of U S Capitol as insurrection disrupts Electoral College vote inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Eight of the nine members of Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. House delegation are expected to object to some swing states’ results. If joined by at least one senator, such an objection would trigger a debate and a vote. There is essentially no chance of that objection succeeding in the Democratic-controlled House. The Monday letter does not claim that the contest was marred by fraud, a claim that state and federal election officials have rejected as untrue. Instead, the Republican senators said Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar “usurped legislative authority” by offering guidance on “curing,” or fixing, ballots with issues like a missing signature. Those concerns have been litigated in court and rejected by judges, many of them Trump appointees.
Pa Senate Republicans ask Congress to delay certification of Electoral College mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Republican Pa. Senate leaders call for delay in Electoral College certification
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Sen. Majority Leader Kim Ward and President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, are among the Senate Republicans who signed a letter asking Congress to delay certification of the electoral college vote. (left).
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HARRISBURG (AP) Leaders of Pennsylvania’s state Senate Republican majority are asking Republicans in Congress to delay the certification of the Electoral College, the latest effort by Republicans to undo Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state over President Donald Trump.
The letter, dated Monday, was signed by state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, state Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward and 19 other Republican state senators.