Jordan says it’s unclear how many state totals should be challenged
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Wednesday morning wandering the corridors of the Capitol, Rep. Jim Jordan
James (Jim) Daniel Jordan Trump Georgia call divides House GOP Trump gives Nunes Medal of Freedom GOP’s ‘Trumpification’ will hold MORE (R-Ohio), a staunch ally of Trump, said it remains unclear how many state votes will formally challenge Republicans. House Republicans are expected to object to six, but Senate Republicans have pledged to endorse only three of them so far.
Jordan says he hopes the other three will find champions in the upstairs room as well.
“I expect at least three, but I hope for six,” Jordan said.
– Mike Lillis
Congress scheduled for joint session on electoral college results
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The House and Senate will meet in a joint session of Congress on Wednesday at 1pm, where GOP lawmakers are expected to face different challenges to electoral college counts in different states.
A Senator and a Member of Parliament must support a challenge to start a two-hour debate and vote on the issue by both houses.
There are expected to be challenges regarding the voting of the Electoral College in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia. It’s also possible that there are challenges in Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
All these states have been won by the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe Biden The Memo: Georgia Voters Battle Trump Warnock Victory Brings Democrats Within Reach of Senate Majority Eric Trump Warns of Primary Challenges to Republicans Who Don’t Object to Election Results MORE. President Trump
Donald TrumpWarnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia Senate run-off The Memo: Georgia Voters Battle Trump Eric Trump Warns of Primary Challenges to Republicans Who Don’t Object to Election Results MORE has supported the challenges and made unsubstantiated allegations of widespread fraud, which have been repeatedly rejected by government officials and courts across the country.
Vice President Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard Pence Trump Attorney Jay Sekulow Refutes Pence Authority Claims Over Voters Trump Election Purses Pence in a No-Win Situation Pence Assistant Pushes Navarro Back Claim VP Could Slow Election Certification MORE will chair the joint session and at the end of it must announce the election of Biden. Trump has tried to pressure him to reverse the results, but Pence does not have the power to do so under the constitution and plays a largely ceremonial role in the session.
The joint session will take place amid demonstrations by Trump supporters, which began to rally outside the Capitol early Wednesday.
– Ian Swanson