The Presidential Election Reform Act is squarely aimed at former President Donald Trump's dispute of the 2020 election results, and would clarify that the vice president's role when counting election results is ministerial only.
Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich says he doesn't take Rep. Cheney's comments 'very seriously' after she lost her primary.The House voted Wednesday to update the rules for congressional certification of presidential elections, a response to then-President Donald Trump’s questioning of the 2020 contest that Democrats and Republicans such asThe Presidential Election Reform Act was sponsored by the Wyoming Republican and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
"Legal challenges are not improper, but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by the rulings of the courts certainly was," Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said during floor debate of the Presidential Election Reform Act."January 6… was not ‘Democracy in action,'" Cheney said during floor debate."Our oath of office is to support and defend the Constitution, which provides the method by which we elect our president.
The bill targets Trump’s attempt to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to challenge the electoral vote count as it was taking place on Jan. 6, 2021. "The midterm elections are just a week away, and Democrats in the 1/6 committee are desperately trying to talk about their favorite topic, and that is former President Trump," said Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., who chairs the House Administration Committee.
Some Republicans said the bill, sponsored by Cheney and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., goes too far in prescribing election rules for states. It also requires states to determine their election results according to rules in place at the time of the election but allows states to extend elections in the event of a natural disaster that prevents a"substantial portion" of voters from voting or destroys or makes ballots unreadable.
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