Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi The governor of Kentucky calls McConnell’s house vandalism ‘unacceptable’ Pelosi, McConnell’s houses vandalized while the K stimulus check bill is not approved Georgia keeps the Senate agenda in limbo MORE (D-Calif.) In a Sunday letter, he told his fellow Democrats that they would discuss the process of expected challenges to the results of the House Republicans’ Electoral College during a call on Monday.
“Over the years, we have faced many challenges in the House, but no situation can compare to Trump’s presidency and Trump’s disrespect for the will of the people,” wrote Pelosi in his letter.
Pelosi outlined a plan for Democratic lawmakers as they prepare to certify the votes of the Electoral College this week.
“If a written objection is raised by a member of the House and the Senate, we meet in our individual chambers for up to two hours of debate. Only then will the members be recognized to speak in plenary. Unless the House and the Senate vote. when rejecting the electoral count for the state in question, the objection is rejected, “said Pelosi.
More than 100 House Republicans are expected to challenge the election results in various battlefield states, and a dozen Senate Republicans have pledged to do so.
Each challenge would lead to a two-hour debate in the House and Senate and a vote. It is not clear how the state’s results will be contested, but Pelosi indicated that it could be a long night.
She said the result would end with the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe BidenAppeals court rejects Gohmert’s electoral lawsuit against Pence Romney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant ploy’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the Pence country’ welcomes’ lawmakers’ efforts to ‘raise objections’ to the results of the Electoral College and elected vice president Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris: Senate Democrats berate colleagues from the Republican Party who say they oppose the results of the Electoral College on Sunday. government continues to launch coronavirus vaccine Can we whisper about the transition to President Harris? MORE being “officially declared the next president and vice president of the United States”, but acknowledged that this declaration may have to occur “in the middle of the night”.
“On Monday, we will have a clearer picture of how many state votes will be subject to an objection,” said Pelosi. “Our option is not to use the forum to debate the presidency of Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s court rejects Gohmert’s electoral lawsuit against Pence Kentucky Governor calls McConnell’s house vandalism ‘unacceptable’ Pence ‘welcomes’ efforts by lawmakers to ‘raise objections’ to Electoral College results MORE. While there is no doubt about the outcome of the Biden-Harris presidency, our greatest success is to convince the American people more to trust our democratic system. “
GOP lawmakers, such as Sens. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyRomney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant stratagem’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the country Toomey, Murkowski to oppose the Republican Party’s effort to challenge the election results 11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose the results of the Electoral College on Wednesday MAIS (Utah), Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyThe government used the Patriot Act to collect records of website visitors in 2019 The appeals court ruled that the mass collection of telephone data from the NSA is illegal. Dunford withdraws from consideration to chair the coronavirus supervisory panel MORE (Penn.) And Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamGraham McConnell bucks: 000 ‘non-socialism’ payments Congress overturns Trump’s veto for the first time Bill to withdraw checks for K blocked by third day in the Senate MORE (SC) criticized the objections of colleagues. Romney referred to the objection as a “blatant maneuver” on Saturday, while Graham called the action “political avoidance”.