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BumRushDaShow

(172,215 posts)
9. Did you forget what happened the last time?
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 06:13 AM
Dec 2024

The OP you posted is bizarre as it completely eliminates the President of the Senate - who is the Vice President of the United States - Kamala Harris - who is the one who will be certifying BY LAW.

Do you remember all the "Mike Pence" drama??

Remember this guy?






Then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wasn't doing anything with the "Certification" except "hosting" the Joint Session.

Congress approves new election certification rules in response to Jan. 6
Politics Dec 23, 2022 5:12 PM EST

By —
Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press


Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act as part of its massive, end-of-the-year spending bill, after the Senate approved identical wording Thursday. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Biden hailed the provisions’ inclusion in the spending bill in a statement Friday, calling it “critical bipartisan action that will help ensure that the will of the people is preserved.” It’s the most significant legislative response Congress has made yet to Trump’s aggressive efforts to upend the popular vote, and a step that been urged by the House select committee that conducted the most thorough investigation into the violent siege of the Capitol.

The provisions amending the 1887 law — which has long been criticized as poorly and confusingly written — won bipartisan support and would make it harder for future presidential losers to prevent the ascension of their foes, as Trump tried to do on Jan. 6, 2021. “It’s a monumental accomplishment, particularly in this partisan atmosphere, for such a major rewrite of a law that’s so crucial to our democracy,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California Los Angeles. “This law goes a long way toward shutting down the avenues Trump and his allies tried to use in 2020, and could have been exploited in future elections.”

On Jan. 6, Trump targeted Congress’ ratification of the Electoral College’s vote. He tried to exploit the vice president’s role in reading out the states’ electors to get Mike Pence to block Biden from becoming the next president by omitting some states Biden won from the roll. The new provisions make clear that the vice president’s responsibilities in the process are merely ceremonial and that the vice president has no say in determining who actually won the election.

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I don't understand why people are suddenly erasing Kamala Harris from existence. SHE is the Vice President and SHE is the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE who is the primary functionary for the Electoral College.

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Musk disapproves..... Lovie777 Dec 2024 #1
Only because "he" wants no problems certifying the election. Grins Dec 2024 #2
But the SOH doesn't "certify" anything BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #3
The point is that the House can't Pototan Dec 2024 #6
That's what I thought Polybius Dec 2024 #7
Did you forget what happened the last time? BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #9
That has nothing to do with my post Polybius Dec 2024 #20
But there was NO speaker on January 3rd, 2021 BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #21
Ahh, didn't know that Polybius Dec 2024 #22
Oh there were people who protested Pelosi in Jan. 2019 after the 2018 election BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #24
Thank you for all the great info Polybius Jan 2025 #25
Thank you! Forgot about Bobo BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Dec 2024 #23
There was. Pelosi was Speaker. Grins Jan 2025 #28
The House was "doing (limited) business" BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #8
That's a different set of circumstances Pototan Dec 2024 #10
It's not "different" BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #11
I'm sorry. You're mistaken Pototan Dec 2024 #12
I'm waiting for you link to something that justifies your assertions BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #13
The link is ambiguous at best Pototan Dec 2024 #14
And I keep "Roll Call" (that also publishes the Congressional Quarterly) BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #15
The experts do not have only one way Pototan Dec 2024 #16
Directly from the article that you linked of "Roll Call" BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #17
Look, I'm sorry, but Pototan Dec 2024 #18
I know where you are BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #19
I hope they eat each other alive. Raw. Ewww. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Terry_M Dec 2024 #5
As weird as this has become. 1/3 of the government depend on Massie and Chip Roy underpants Jan 2025 #26
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