{"id":1661914,"date":"2022-09-28T08:08:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661914"},"modified":"2022-09-28T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:09:01","slug":"bill-making-it-harder-for-lawmakers-to-object-to-presidential-results-advances-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-making-it-harder-for-lawmakers-to-object-to-presidential-results-advances-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Making it Harder for Lawmakers to Object to Presidential Results Advances in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-making-it-harder-for-lawmakers-to-object-to-presidential-results-advances-in-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cruz the only senator who voted &#8216;no&#8217; to election reform bill as it passes the Senate Rules Committee<\/p>\n<p>A measure that would reform the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-electoral-count-act\">Electoral Count Act<\/a> of 1887 and make it harder for members of Congress to object to or decertify presidential election results has advanced in the Senate, after Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mitch-mcconnell\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-Ky.) signaled support for the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Members on the Senate Rules Committee on Sept. 27 voted 14\u20131 to approve and send the bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rules.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Klobuchar-Blunt%20Substitute%20Amendment.pdf\">pdf<\/a>), titled the \u201cElectoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022,\u201d to the Senate floor. The bill was written by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).<\/p>\n<p>McConnell was among the 14 senators who signaled his support for the Senate bill on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll proudly support the legislation provided that nothing more than practical changes are made to its current form,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcconnell.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2022\/9\/mcconnell-announces-support-for-bipartisan-update-to-electoral-count-act\">said in remarks to the Senate<\/a>. He added that the bill as introduced \u201cis the only chance to get an outcome and to actually make law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress\u2019s process for counting the presidential electors\u2019 votes was written 135 years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cThe chaos that came to a head on January 6th of last year certainly underscored the need for an update. So did Januaries 2001, 2005, and 2017; in each of which, Democrats tried to challenge the lawful election of a Republican president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lone senator on the Senate Rules Committee who voted no was Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-Texas). Cruz was one of two senators\u2014the other was Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)\u2014who had objected to President Joe Biden\u2019s certification in the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/29\/GettyImages-1410360355-1200x795.jpg\"><\/a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is seen on stage during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., on July 22, 2022. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A measure that would reform the\u00a0Electoral Count Act of 1887 and make it harder for members of Congress to object to or decertify presidential election results has advanced in the Senate, after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled support for the bill. 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