Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Breaking News: House passes plan to head off future Trumpian election challenges

The House on Wednesday passed a proposal aimed at preventing another Jan. 6, mostly along party lines, setting up some wrangling with senators as they consider their own bipartisan version across the Capitol.

The proposal to modernize the Electoral Count Act, which backers of Donald Trump tried to manipulate on Jan. 6, 2021 to keep the former president in the White House, cleared the House in a 229-203 vote. Only nine Republicans — including Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Peter Meijer of Michigan, who aren't returning to Congress next year — joined all Democrats in voting for the legislation.

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