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Politicians in both parties have long sought loopholes, vagueness, and ambiguities to override legislation, including election laws. By passing ECA reform, democrats are admitting that the very center of Trump's bid to "overturn the election results" was indeed a loophole in the law, a vagueness in the law, and an ambiguity is the law. Democrats are just jealous that Trump uncovered it and tried to take advantage of it. But, even though democrats now admit all of this, it's still full steam ahead in going after Trump with their kangaroo hearings.
Senators reach deal to clarify 1887 law at center of Jan. 6 attempt to overturn election
The ambiguous 19th century law
The senators hope to address the apparent loopholes and vagueness in the bill
The bipartisan group of 16 senators, nine Republicans and seven Democrats, led by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and including Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a joint statement, "From the beginning, our bipartisan group has shared a vision of drafting legislation to fix the flaws of the archaic and ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887. Through numerous meetings and debates among our colleagues as well as conversations with a wide variety of election experts and legal scholars, we have developed legislation that establishes clear guidelines for our system of certifying and counting electoral votes for President and Vice President. We urge our colleagues in both parties to support these simple, commonsense reforms."
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Senators reach deal to clarify 1887 law at center of Jan. 6 attempt to overturn election
The ambiguous 19th century law
The senators hope to address the apparent loopholes and vagueness in the bill
The bipartisan group of 16 senators, nine Republicans and seven Democrats, led by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and including Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a joint statement, "From the beginning, our bipartisan group has shared a vision of drafting legislation to fix the flaws of the archaic and ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887. Through numerous meetings and debates among our colleagues as well as conversations with a wide variety of election experts and legal scholars, we have developed legislation that establishes clear guidelines for our system of certifying and counting electoral votes for President and Vice President. We urge our colleagues in both parties to support these simple, commonsense reforms."
Senators reach deal to clarify 1887 law at center of Jan. 6 attempt to overturn election
As the House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol continues to reveal how it says then-President Donald Trump and his allies worked to overturn the 2020 election, a bipartisan group of senators has quietly reached agreement on a sweeping effort to overhaul the very law at the heart...
