House select committee targets 134-year-old law in effort to prevent another January 6

[Nevilledog]

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NEW: as @TheJusticeDept weighs indicting Bannon for contempt, the 1/6 committee begins work on legislation to streamline election certification. I reported DoJ might be concerned about a legislative purpose for Bannon’s testimony. This gives them one.

House select committee targets 134-year-old law in effort to prevent another January 6
Members of the January 6 committee are working on potential legislation to tighten the process of certifying a presidential election in an effort to eliminate contentious avenues that spurred the...
cnn.com
4:51 PM · Oct 30, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/30/politics/electoral-count-act-january-6-house-select-committee/index.html


Washington (CNN) — Members of the January 6 committee are working on potential legislation to tighten the process of certifying a presidential election in an effort to eliminate contentious avenues that spurred the January 6 riot, sources tell CNN.

The legislation would give the committee a focus on developing a law as part of the investigation, undercutting a legal argument that former President Donald Trump has made that the committee has no true legislative purpose for seeking his White House documents.

The effort is still in its early stages, but a proposed bill could offer more specific instructions for when Congress can overturn a state's slate of electors, and more clearly define the role the vice president plays in counting the votes -- after Trump and his allies pressured Mike Pence to try to block President Joe Biden's win, the sources say.

Specifically, members are focused on making changes to a 19th Century law known as the Electoral Count Act that was intended to give Congress a process by which to certify the Electoral College votes submitted by the states. It's a mundane but crucial part of the presidential election machinery, one that Trump and his allies attempted to exploit last year.

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[Mr.Bill]

1. That's great,

but they'll have to get rid of the filibuster to get that through the Senate.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. K&R