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House Asks Court to Dismiss Effort to Clarify Vice President’s Power in Electoral Counting

January 1, 2021
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The House of Representatives is asking a court to reject a petition from Republicans that requests judges to say Vice President Mike Pence has the authority to reject some electoral votes. “This Court should reject plaintiffs’ effort to overturn Congress’s centuries-old role in counting electoral votes and resolving disputes about them in the constitutionally mandated…

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Video: Facts Matter (Dec. 30): Senator Will Challenge Election Results

December 30, 2020
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Missouri Senator Josh Hawley became the first to publicly announce that he’ll be challenging the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. The Treasury Department announced that $600 checks are on the way. In the House, Nancy Pelosi is up for re-election as Speaker. She’s confident that she has the votes. However, others aren’t so sure….

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Biden Team: Congress’s Counting of Electoral Votes ‘Merely a Formality’

December 30, 2020
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said the counting of electoral votes in the upcoming joint session of Congress is a mere “formality,” alleging he is already the president-elect. “This is merely a formality,” Biden’s pick for White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, told reporters during a virtual press conference on Wednesday. “It certainly should be…

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Pelosi Says She Will Seat Iowa Republican Miller-Meeks Amid Tight Election Battle

December 30, 2020
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters on Wednesday she will seat Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Sunday despite an ongoing challenge from her Democratic opponent, Rita Hart. The race was decided by just six votes. A spokesman for Pelosi, Drew Hammill, stated that regarding the Iowa race between Miller-Meeks and Hart, “every vote counts,…

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Schumer Says He’ll Try and Pass $2,000 Stimulus Checks Bill on Tuesday

December 29, 2020
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will attempt to pass a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000 on Tuesday after the House passed the measure on Monday night. “Tomorrow I will move to pass the legislation in the Senate to quickly deliver Americans with $2,000 emergency checks. Every Senate Democrat…

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Schumer: ‘No Democrats Will Object’ on $2,000 Stimulus Checks

December 28, 2020
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that no Senate Democrats will object to a bill proposing $2,000 stimulus payments, coming about a week after President Donald Trump called on Congress to include them. “The House will pass a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks. Then I will move to pass it in the Senate….

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Pelosi: Trump Must ‘Immediately’ Tell GOP Congress Members to Approve $2,000 Checks

December 28, 2020
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said President Donald Trump should call on GOP members of Congress to “immediately” stop an “obstruction” to the $2,000 stimulus payments he sought. Pelosi was reacting to Trump’s signing of the $900 billion stimulus package that was tied to a larger omnibus bill. The package authorized direct payments and checks…

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Democrats Call for More Relief After $900 Billion Package Clears Congress

December 22, 2020
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Democrats are arguing that the $900 billion set aside in the latest relief package isn’t enough, and that they want to enact more relief bills next year. The measure, which overwhelmingly cleared both chambers of Congress on Monday, sends out another round of “economic impact” payments of $600 for individuals and each child dependent, adds…

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