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Then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resume presiding over a Joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 7, 2021.
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On July 20, after months of internal debate and research, a bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced a bill to clarify the Electoral Count Act, the law that Donald Trump’s allies tried to exploit or override during Congress’s counting of Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.
The Senate ECA-reform bill was passed out of the almost evenly divided committee on September 27 by a 14–1 vote. The lone “no” vote was Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz.
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John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.
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On July 20, after months of internal debate and research, a bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced a bill to clarify the Electoral Count Act, the law that Donald Trump’s allies tried to exploit or override during Congress’s counting of Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.
The Senate ECA-reform bill was passed out of the almost evenly divided committee on September 27 by a 14–1 vote. The lone “no” vote was Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz.
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About the Author
John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.
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