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House Oversight Democrats Just Voted 'to Shield Biden Family from Accountability', Republicans Allege
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Donald Trump, 3 of his children accused of business fraud by New York AG
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Read the highlights of the new lawsuit against Donald Trump by New York Attorney General Letitia James
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House passes Liz Cheney-backed election reform bill in Dem push to prevent another Trump ‘insurrection’
Republicans fumed they were not consulted on the bill, which would alter presidential election rules
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 as Rep. Liz Cheney say led to an attempted "insurrection."
The Presidential Election Reform Act was sponsored by the Wyoming Republican and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., both of whom serve on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 election protest at the Capitol that turned violent. It passed the House with support from every Democrat and just nine Republicans.
Their 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. Democrats said the perception that Pence had the power to overturn the electoral count contributed to the Capitol Hill protest.
The bill that passed in the House on Wednesday amends the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify that the vice president only has a ministerial role and cannot interfere with the process or make judgments about the validity of electoral college votes. Cheney said that language was aimed at preventing a repeat of Trump's actions.
"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. Legal challenges are not improper, but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by the rulings of the courts certainly was."
Cheney added that the Jan. 6 committee has shown that Trump knew what he was doing was illegal, "but he did it anyway."
The bill also makes it much harder for lawmakers to object to the validity of electoral votes. Currently, one member each from the House and Senate is needed to lodge an objection, but the bill would require one-third of both chambers before an objection can be heard.
Democrats accused Republicans who failed to back the bill of supporting violent extremism.
"Our Republican colleagues who are opposed to this legislation once again find themselves on the side of violent extremists," said Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. He said passing the bill is a move to "protect rule of law, strengthen the Constitution and vote against insurrection."
Republicans did acknowledge that clarifying the vice president’s role as ministerial is a welcome idea, and several agreed that no vice president should have the power to pick the winner of the presidential election on the fly.Comment
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